BURDEN OF IRAQ WAR DAMAGING AFGHANISTAN OPERATIONS
March 10, 2008 11:19 AM
Commenting on the news that the cost of military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq this year has risen to more than £3 billion, Liberal Democrat Shadow Defence Secretary, Nick Harvey said:
"This clearly shows how the Iraq war is continuing to bleed our finances dry, leaving soldiers in Afghanistan overstretched and under-equipped.
"If the Government, supported by the Conservatives, had not been so keen to support the illegal war in Iraq, the Afghanistan operation could have been much better resourced.
"When Alistair Darling is writing his budget speech he might want to consider asking his boss why he thought it was such a good idea to sign the cheques for this disastrous operation in the first place."
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