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UK can't fight two wars at the same time: Air chief marshal
Updated at: 1149 PST, Wednesday, June 25, 2008
LONDON: The U.K military is not structured to maintain significant presences in two countries at once, as is currently the case, the head of the country's armed forces said in comments reported Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters in London a day earlier, Sir Jock Stirrup, the air chief marshal and chief of the defense staff, said that the U.K military was "very stretched" with thousands of troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We are not structured or resourced to do two of these things on this scale on an enduring basis but we have been doing it on an enduring basis for years," Stirrup said in the comments reported by the UK newspapers.
"Until we get to the stage when one of them comes down to small scale, we will be stretched beyond the capabilities we have.
The U.K. currently has around 7,800 soldiers based in Afghanistan, a figure soon set to rise to 8,000, and a further 4,000 in Iraq.
UK can''t fight two wars at the same time: Air chief marshal - GEO.tv
Updated at: 1149 PST, Wednesday, June 25, 2008
LONDON: The U.K military is not structured to maintain significant presences in two countries at once, as is currently the case, the head of the country's armed forces said in comments reported Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters in London a day earlier, Sir Jock Stirrup, the air chief marshal and chief of the defense staff, said that the U.K military was "very stretched" with thousands of troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We are not structured or resourced to do two of these things on this scale on an enduring basis but we have been doing it on an enduring basis for years," Stirrup said in the comments reported by the UK newspapers.
"Until we get to the stage when one of them comes down to small scale, we will be stretched beyond the capabilities we have.
The U.K. currently has around 7,800 soldiers based in Afghanistan, a figure soon set to rise to 8,000, and a further 4,000 in Iraq.
UK can''t fight two wars at the same time: Air chief marshal - GEO.tv
