Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-11-23-Speech-1-034"
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"Mr President, soldiers from the United Kingdom and many other European nations are fighting and dying in Afghanistan. We are told that the reasons are to keep our country safe by preventing the return of al-Qaeda, or to protect democracy, or to fight drugs, or to support Pakistan, or to uphold the rights of women. But I am no longer convinced by any of these explanations. There is no clear political strategy, and I do not know what the death of our soldiers is supposed to achieve. Far from bringing us security, I fear our presence is increasing the dangers, allowing us to be portrayed by Islamist extremists as foreign invaders supporting a government of warlords and drug barons in a civil war. Our actions foster the growth of radical, anti-Western Islamic beliefs. We need a diplomatic strategy; we must talk with the Taliban, we must promote reconciliation and seek to broaden the composition of the current government and we must be prepared to withdraw our soldiers from Afghan soil."@en1
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