Is Afghanistan the wrong war, at the wrong time, for the wrong cause?

On 18 June, a debate organised by Yeovil and Sherborne Stop the War Coalition pitted former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Paddy Ashdown, who is now an advisor to David Cameron, against Guardian journalist Seumas Milne.

The motion debated was: Is Afghanistan the wrong war at the wrong time for the wrong cause? Seumas Milne proposed the motion, saying that after nine years none of the original aims of the war had been achieved and there was no end in sight.Paddy Ashdown, passionately opposing the motion, lamented that the war had been very badly run and said he feared that it might well be lost "in the pubs and front rooms of Britain", rather than on the battlefield.

The motion opposing the war was passed overwhelmingly by an audience vote.

Part 1: Opening statements by Seumas Milne and Lord Paddy Ashown.

 

Part 2: The debate is opened up.
 

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