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June 28, 2005
A Two Front War?
Professor Juan Cole at Informed Comment reported June 28, 2005 that: Tony Blair and the British military are caught between Iraq and a hard place. The Bush administration is putting enormous pressure on the British to send more troops to Afghanistan, where the Taliban are regrouping and launching an Iraq-style guerrilla war. So the British began making noises about reducing the number of their troops in southern Iraq (around 10,000) and shifting them to Afghanistan.
"But no," Mr. Cole added. "Bush recently told Blair that Iraq is on the brink of disaster, and that the British need to send more troops to that country, in addition to sending new units to fight the Taliban." See "A Two-Front War" for more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at June 28, 2005 06:35 AM
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