I was discussing this with Terry M. the other day here. The white house was spinning this as another success story in Iraq. While the British military was spinning it as maintaining the status quo will get us two losses (Afghanistan/Iraq). So lets consolidate into the one place where we feel we can do some good.

>"Extra British troops are to be sent to southern Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Des Browne has confirmed. The move, which the BBC understands involves more than 1,000 personnel, comes as about 1,600 troops are being withdrawn from Iraq."
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6388717.stm
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>Now we know where they are sending them. I didn't know this but the UK force in Afghanistan is larger than the Iraq one.