Afghanistan - BBC backs Taleban

While UK troops are fighting and sometimes dying fighting for freedom in Afghanistan, the BBC is busy backing the Taleban.

First the BBC gives you some good news.

Nato-led troops in southern Afghanistan say they have killed up to 10 militants in fresh fighting in Helmand province.

A statement from the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said its soldiers suffered no casualties in the clash in Garmser district.

A 10-0 kill ratio.

But then the BBC want to plant the idea that the UK military is lying to you and throw out this:

The latest violence came a day after Nato's top general in Afghanistan said the Taleban had been "comprehensively defeated" in nearby Kandahar province.

As you can see from this map Hemland and Kandahar are two different provinces and Garmser is in the south west of Hemland.

But just to make sure you get the idea, the BBC toss this out as well.

Lt Gen David Richard made his remarks despite three suicide blasts on Monday. [...]

One was in Kandahar province, where Nato claimed its success, while the others were in the capital, Kabul, and Herat in the west.

Muslim terrorists murdered 52 innocent Britons in London last year. The point? It's difficult to stop suicide terrorists anywhere, much less in a country at war.

So, despite the military's and NATO claims that they have "comprehensively defeated" in nearby Kandahar province", the Taleban are still mounting attacks on our troops. Well, not quite.

Isaf said its troops were on a training mission with Afghan troops and police in Garmser district when they spotted militants carrying a heavy machine gun.

"Isaf forces engaged the insurgents with machine gun fire and close air support," the statement said.

The BBC want you to know just how bad the situation is.

Canadian and British forces have suffered heavy casualties among foreign forces.

Note the qualifier "among foreign forces". The BBC has to put that in in order for the "suffered heavy casualties" phrase to work. When in reality, while tragic, our losses have been very light compared to the Taleban. The total UK losses since 2001, 5 years, is 40. And that figure includes deaths due to accidents like the recent plane crash that killed 15 UK military personnel. Taleban losses so far this year alone are over 1,500.

Then the BBC end their report with an outright lie.

UK Defence Secretary Des Browne acknowledged on Tuesday that the strength of the Taleban had been underestimated, but insisted Nato's mission would succeed.

Browne said no such thing as you can plainly see.

We do have to accept that it’s been even harder than we expected: the Taliban’s tenacity in the face of massive losses has been a surprise, absorbing more of our effort than we predicted it would, and consequently slowing progress on reconstruction.

It's not the Taleban's strength Browne talked about, it was their willingness to stay and fight in the face of huge losses.

This is how the BBC, the voice of Britain, backs Britain's brave fighing forces while they are at war.

You can read more about the BBC's propaganda here.