“Success in [the Afghan province of] Helmand is within the Army’s grasp,” Wall wrote in an article for The Sun on Sunday.
This is while the latest ComRes Index poll findings published on Tuesday show 73 percent of the British population believe the war in Afghanistan is a no-win situation.
“Our soldiers are making a huge difference… Security in Afghanistan is vital to our safety back home. Never again must we be threatened by terrorists from that country,” Wall added.
However, the study shows 46 percent of Britons now consider the Afghan conflict absurd as they see no reason why British troops should continue fighting in Afghanistan.
While Wall said the army has a “task to do on behalf of the nation” only 38 percent said they knew the purpose of Britain’s mission in Afghanistan.
This is while 60 percent see military presence in the country as damaging to British domestic security with 55 percent saying the mission increases the threat of terrorism on British soil rather than decreasing it, as Walls claimed.
“For now though we should reflect on the deeply sad losses in the Yorkshire Regiment and the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment last Tuesday,” Walls added. “They were outstanding British infantrymen who gave their lives in the line of duty.”
Yet for people the situation is not as clear as Walls depicts as 57 percent of the respondents in the poll said the deaths of British soldiers in Afghanistan are not justified.
“There is no question of cutting and running. It would betray all the skill, courage and hard work the Army has invested in Afghanistan in the past few years,” Walls insisted.
Yet he seemed to lend a deaf ear to the opinion polls which show the public are ever more fed up with the continuing conflict in Afghanistan.
The study found that the war is turning ever nastier for Britain as war unpopularity has reached 73 percent that is a 13 percent rise since June, when the continuation of the war was already challenged by a clear majority of the public.
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