brezhnev tried it and the current crop of world leaders are certainly no greater than those the reality is the afghanistan cannot be successfully occupied the people of afghanistan will have to find a way of organizing their own society without foreign interference and occupation we have a right to be concerned if afghanistan is harming us we have a right to be concerned for example of those extremist terrorism going on inside afghanistan but the way that afghanistan is governed is a matter for the afghans and moreover may i say that only of our wars international terrorists inside afghanistan because britain and america are in the 1980's to fight the red army on the principle that my enemy's enemy is my friend what sort of support do you hope to get for your nation where you want troops back home by christmas not just support in parliament but also from the british public what is the sentiment that. well the british public were against this war right from the beginning and against it in overwhelming numbers are no vast number of serviceman's families the wives and children and fathers