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Too few British troops were sent, too lightly armed, without sufficient helicopters to do the job, argues Sky's Sam Kiley.
Two men, successive commanders of the Special Air Service, gave the same advice to their superiors.
One even drove the length of Helmand in an unarmoured Land Rover to seek out the truth.
The first to conduct the reconnaissance, in late 2005, met with tribal elders, drug khans and ordinary farmers, and reported back with these words: "There isn't an insurgency in Helmand - but we can give you one."
The next, who also toured the southern Afghan province where opium farmers quietly produced some 70% of the world's heroin base, came back more specific advice.
Afghan Fighting Was Fruitless And Expensive
Whole justification for Iraq and Afganistan was 9/11. Yet if seeking vengeance for New York we should have invaded KSA since the overwhelming majority of hijackers were Saudi nationals.