I am ex-forces myself and I do not want to seem to be biased in anyway at all, but I say
NUKE THE PLACE!!!!
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Sorry........
Seriously though, as Bubba has rightly said, there isn't a nice, clean solution to the conflict and with the possibility of 1500 more British troops going out there, it looks as though things are going to be going on for a wee while longer yet.
But lets not forget that this conflict (yet again....!) has had more of an impact than just the fighting side of life. You have a small percentage, which is growing, of US civilians dubbing it as another Vietnam - Parliament has lost a lot of trust from the British people after the "Weapons of mass destruction" fuddle duddle etc. etc.
At the end of the day, I am not a political person (jeez........is there any friggin' wonder why???) but unfortunately, it is up to the politicians to get this mess sorted out.
Should we have gone in in the first place? I think we should have. After serving in Bosnia during the conflict and seeing the human suffering first hand, I think the right decision was made. However, the so-called reason for going in was wrong. The public would have supported the government better if they had just gone in to relieve human suffering and remove a dictator from power, without coming out with the "weapons of mass destruction find" story, which incidentally, still have not been found to this date.
But that's just me.............