Comments on: Afghanistan http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/08/07/2979 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:37:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: SmokeNMirrors http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/08/07/2979#comment-4585 SmokeNMirrors Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:58:46 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2006/08/07/2979#comment-4585 "As we had said before, our troop levels would be guided by the commanders on the ground" What utter shit. If that was the case, the commander on the ground in Basra a long long time ago would have used up every spare body in the British Army, and still wouldn't have had enough. "As we had said before, our troop levels would be guided by the commanders on the ground"

What utter shit. If that was the case, the commander on the ground in Basra a long long time ago would have used up every spare body in the British Army, and still wouldn’t have had enough.

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