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  People who think the Afghan war is wrong are not being disrespectful towards our armed forces. Far from it. We have the utmost respect for these young lads who overcome their fear to do their job professionally on a daily basis. During the first Gulf War I met many young soldiers who were waiting to go into battle. Some of them feigned bravado but deep in the eyes of all of them you could see the fear that they would not be coming home. They still went and did their duty; doing your job in the face of the likelihood of being killed or maimed shows courage of the highest order and I salute each and every one of them.
  
  The risks in Afghanistan are of a different order. It's not conventional warfare, it's against a rabble who play by no rules. The current euphemism is 'asymmetric warfare'. Special forces excepted, our troops are not adequately trained to counteract this type of guerilla attack. Also our troops do not have the correct vehicles to protect them from IEDs and similar dirty tricks. Yet another aspect of this war that makes the courage of our boys all the more remarkable.
  
  Yes we all feel genuine sorrow at the loss of so many of our finest. And some of us also feel a deep burning anger at the politicians and faceless bureaucrats who put them in harm 's way without the tools to do the job.

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