Not for the faint hearted

Today's News of the World carries grisly details of the war in Afghanistan.

The gist of the review of Task Farce Helmand by a former serving officer Doug Beattie MC is that the locally recruited army don't really want to fight.

If there isn't local support for the NATO intervention what real chance is there of subduing the opposition?

Time for a re-think and possibly neighbouring Pakistan may have a greater long term strategic importance.