VIKINGS IN HELMAND
British Forces in Afghanistan have been dealt a huge personal blow with the loss of the most senior infantry commander to be killed in action since the Falklands war. Lieutenant-Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, 39, the commanding officer
of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, was killed when the Viking armoured tracked vehicle that he was travelling in was blown up in Helmand. Trooper Joshua Hammond, 19, of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, was also killed and six soldiers were wounded, some critically. The Viking, which has proved vulnerable to Taleban roadside bombs, was blown up about five miles north of Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital.
A sad loss demonstrating yet again the perils into which our armed forces are sent whilst being inadequately protected by the mean spirited anti military Labour scum in power. I salute Lieutenant Col Thorneloe and Trooper Hammond – and pass on my sincere condolences to their families. Both deaths are a tragic loss.
It might seem flippant, but I am still amazed that roadside bombs are so effective. The reason can only be a lack of decent armoured kit, as you say, or a lack of decent ECM kit, which is likely, or a lack of adequate men to clear routes. Any way you look at it, it comes down to a lack of something.
I was shocked to see on ITV news British troops leaving their base and driving up to the front line in Afghanistan in canvas top Land Rovers,you could hear the shots in the distance It is disgraceful that this Labour government expect our troops to risk their lives fighting with such antique equipment
The Labour government has never cared about our troops, makes you wonder what their motive is. No one can be that careless
Well this is the Government that sent tanks to Iraq to fight against a regime that possessed chemical weapons, but without the filters that would make the tanks invulnerable…i.e. they knew there was nothing there.