Americans sent in to help Brits.AMERICA was forced to send more troops to Afghanistan to bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz the British campaign because no other alliance member would help, says the senior UK commander in the country. Lieutenant General Jim Dutton, deputy commander of Nato forces See: force(s). in Afghanistan, said the British taskforce in Helmand currently lacked the capacity to break the "stalemate stale·mate n. 1. A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock. 2. A drawing position in chess in which the king, although not in check, can move only into check and no other piece can move. tr.v. " with the Taliban. Foreign Secretary David Miliband rejected claims the remarks were a rebuke to the Government. Nevertheless, they are likely to lead to further criticism that ministers failed to commit sufficient forces to the campaign. While Gen Dutton denied the British had been fighting a "losing campaign" in Helmand, he acknowledged "neither side could progress much" with the present force levels. He said: "In order to break that stalemate, to increase the capacity, the decision was made to bring many more forces into the south. Only the US was prepared to bring those forces in." |
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