Post # 7: summary from a career-related article from The Guardian

-Britain to send more troops to Afghanistan, Gordon Brown confirms-

This article was extracted from "The Guardian" and talks about the decition of Britain, to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that he agree to increase the British forces from 9000 to 9500, ¿the reasons to remain British troops in Afghanistan?: " to protect the streets of Britain" from the rise of al-Qaida, said. Almost 6 years of war, things in Afghanistan seems to be “normal”, but the situation it’s still dangerous. There are terrorist groups making terrorism inside the country, killing citizens and people. The British commanders, says that more troops are needed to keep order and help to build the structure of a new government and society, the funny thing is that how is possible to “build” a new structure of society, if they aren’t Afghans?. Apart from that, the Afghan Government supported by Britain, have a bad image: Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, questioned whether it was right for British soldiers to be "fighting and dying for an Afghan government that is deeply corrupt?". Also, no one knows certainly which plans will take Barack Obama, so a third of the people in the UK, believes that British Army should withdraw. According to these, article mentions that it seems Gordon Brown will have to attempt to improve his image over the people of Britain, because the Afghan war appears to be overrated, and citizens doesn’t want anymore to see their troops dying and suffering “post-war” consecuences. Brown insisted that British soldiers do receive proper training and that veterans are given priority in accessing mental health services, but nothing can erase atrocity of war. The article concludes that is truly unknown what is going to happen if Americans doesn’t manifest if they keep going on war or get their troops back home, Barack Obama said in the “coming weeks” he would make an announce. For now, war is still alive.