Max Hastings: Don't fool yourselves ...Afghanistan is an unwinnable war

Full story: Daily Mail

With so many British dead, it's unpalatable to say we've failed. But the real betrayal, says MAX HASTINGS, is to fool ourselves that one more heave - a few more bodybags - can secure something we could call victory The image of a soldier's discarded body armour, stained with the lifeblood of one of five troops killed on Tuesday by an Afghan ...

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