I have no love for the Tories, but I happily cede the floor to those who have served in our armed forces regardless of the colour of the rosette they wear. A speech filled with humility and compassion. Today, I stand with Tom Tugendhat.
Why on earth are MPs of the calibre of Tom Tugenhat being left on the back benches by Boris Johnson when his Cabinet is in such dire need of competent members.
I think we should be careful not to overly criticize. Boris has instructed our forces to do whatever needs to be done to get our people out safely and rescue people. The Americans f**ked off, and betrayed the allied forces, so to be fair the armed Minister and Boris have stepped up. They tried to stop this sh*t show of an Administration in the US from pulling out, they tried and at least tried to slow it down. One thing for sure is that the defence budget isn't enough and my advice to the government is treble it or quadruple it for the next 10 years at least. We need to cut our costs on migrants and waste and double the UK military, its weaponry, and subs/planes and special next gen weapons. Our defence and safety as a nation must come first. We must also ask Ireland to start contributing to the UK defence budget, it has stood behind the UK skirt claiming neutrality when in fact its security benefits from UK defence. Time to ask them for 500 to 1 billion annually.
@@MrKarlyboy At least the UK have sound leaders. Not always perfect but still sound. Not the same in America. This 'event' will 'haunt' the US for many, many years. Questions are asked about who is really in charge behind the scenes. The Brits send people to Afghanistan to fetch their people. They went out in the streets to get them all. Not the same with the US. Majority citizens and Biden's own party criticize him for this action. Doubt he will be in charge for long.
Oh how he revels in street theatre. Pass the sick bucket. Tom Tugendhat tediously never wastes an opportunity to milk to his advantage that he was in the army. One wonders exactly what he did there, probably protected and never in any danger just like Prince Harry. Otherwise he would surely be asking why the Afghans are not staying and fighting for their country. He certainly is not fighting for his and wants to flood it with tens of thousands of Muslims whose offspring will seek to subjugate and rule us. An ex Prime Minister warned us. A fine and brave man unlike Boris idiot who Tugendhat is in thrall to. William Gladstone held the Koran above his head and warned four times in Parliament: 'As long as this book exists, there will never be peace in the world'.
Tom Tugendhat should be PM.....I don't have much time for Conservative MP's or the PM, but this man is genuine and humble....I have watched this clip several times and it still gets me emoitional. His sadness is tangible and his anger contained....respect to this man.
I'm not from the UK but fron what i've seen this man and Johnny Mercer seems like the only reasonable and somewhat honest people in the conservative party. In my opinion Tom Tugendhat should take over as prime minister and together with Johnny Mercer put together a fresh new cabinet without any of Boris' people. No Michael Gove, no Matt Hancock and no Priti Patel.
@@IONS-LEGACY unfortunately not. As an American, I would've loved him to be PM. He's the only one who was the most honest in the face of liars like Truss and Sunak. I know America is a shithole right now, so I'm not the most qualified to comment on foreign politics, but I take great interest in them, especially the UK. Tom seemed like the most sensible one, and after watching this speech I am definitely reminded of that.
In these few minutes there's more sincerity and genuinely held beliefs linked to a moral compass than we've seen in 18 months of Johnson's premiership.
BS. Street theatre. Oh how he revels in the arena of overpaid traitors to the British people. Pass the sick bucket. Tom Tugendhat tediously never wastes an opportunity to milk to his advantage that he was in the army. One wonders exactly what he did there, probably protected and never in any danger just like Prince Harry. Otherwise he would surely be asking why the Afghans are not staying and fighting for their country. He certainly is not fighting for his and wants to flood it with tens of thousands of Muslims whose offspring will seek to subjugate and rule us. An ex Prime Minister warned us. A fine and brave man unlike Boris idiot who Tugendhat is in thrall to. Willilam Gladstone held the Koran above his head and warned four times in Parliament: 'As long as this book exists, there will never be peace in the world'.
This speech is sincere, meant sincerely and impassioned. I cannot imagine Sunak, Mordaunt or any other of these candidates for PM saying anything like this. It is statesmanlike.
From the American perspective, this is the first time in my life where I was truly ashamed of this country, truly shameful. When our own president hides away and distracts and lies about the situation because he lacks the political will. Our state department is unable to communicate with the defense department who are unable to communicate with the white house. This is incompetency at a level I only feared was possible.
I have said the same. This is the first time in my life I've been ashamed to be an American. In 8 months Biden has made the world a more dangerous place.
That was a superb speech and proof that not all politicians are disconnected from reality. I have friends and family who served in Afghanistan and I’ll be thinking of them.
What an incredible emotional, compassionate and passionate speech to resonate the soul and the duty of all serving men against the governments who make the decisions .
Tugendhat holds dual British and French citizenship. His wife is a French judge and senior civil servant, and his father-in-law, Pierre Morel, is a French diplomat, the lead Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe mediator in Ukraine. Can someone say REJOIN?
This is what makes politics so frustrating. Here speaks a man from experience with emotion and passion, yet while he and his like warm the back benches we all have to endure the incompetence and corruption of Boris and his band of merry followers. Its genuinely soul destoryng.
Gurkhas veterans soldiers who served this country for 206 years had to apply for visa with premium price and no guarantee to get visa meanwhile this government are welcoming thousands of refugees for free; where is the justices here; Gurkhas veterans soldiers and many others war veterans are sent away without any pension. Shame on this government.
So I criticized that former US President Obama had to withdraw US military from Afghanistan after Osama bin Laden's execution by US Navy Seal. Delayed Withdrwal made more US defense budget be wasted and more US youth be killed in Afghan.
The point he is making is that this is the battle, not the war. The Chinese are already negotiating with the Taliban to create a new silk road to secure their strategic supply lines from Russia and Pakistan, and threatening Taiwan. That is likely to be the next battle in this war between freedom and totalitarianism. This was a battle 20 years in the fighting, and we lost without suffering military defeat, because of the will of the people broke. There will be another battle, and if we lose that there will be another one, until either the world is once again in its default state of totalitarianism or until we once again say on ne passe pas.
Technically they weren’t defeated, the objective was to stop the spread of communism, staying in Vietnam for 18 years meant the Soviet Union was pumping money they couldn’t afford into a proxy war keeping them tethered weakening their position elsewhere in the world. Besides Southern Vietnam didn’t fall to the north for a year after the US leaving. Much like Afghanistan it was politics not the military that caused the outcome. Don’t presume the war in Afghanistan is over, much like the mujahideen the Taliban were held together with a common enemy, now the common enemy has “gone” they will turn on each other, there is desire from the people to keep hold of the little gains in freedom they had under the previous government, the Taliban could easily see a full civil war or be fighting an insurgency.
The shame and humiliation is because the western world was fooled for twenty years into believing they could achieve something worthwhile in Afghanistan, the Afghan government and three hundred thousand properly trained and equipped Afghan troops proved them wrong. by scurrying away like rats.
@@mbshaw1 the Afgan National Army have had over 70,000 of thier soldiers KIA in Afganistan more than all of the NATO allies put together When the Americans did a moonlight flit from Afganistan they withdrew Air cover , Artillery cover , MLRS cover , ,medical and evacuation facilities , supplies of Ammunition, intelligence , food , pay ......and left billions of dollars of top grade military equipment and ordnance to the Taliban ...how were the Afghan National Army supposed to fight ?.......what with ? and how ? There wasnt 300,000 Afgan National Army at all ...what happens is the regional ANA commanders get given money by NATO to keep , train , pay and maintain the troops under them ..the ANA commanders tell NATO they have 20,000 ANA soldiers in thier region but in reality there are only 11,000 so the ANA commanders keep the extra money for the non existent 9,000 ANA soldiers for themselves......
Yet NOT a word about the Ghurka's, protesting outside Downing street. Being harrassed by the Police. Shame on every politician. Q-Where is, Tony Blair? Rather.. Conspicuos by his Silence..
True and sad. Brits have long tradition leaving it's saviors or allies. Polish Army in UK, Polish pilots in battle of England. Brits, Americans, sold the whole central and Eastern Europe to Soviets and now the do it to Afghanistan. Shame!
Well that’s a bit unfair! After 2nd war was finished we brits were bankrupt but we’re politely invited to the final decision making meetings but had no real power or influence. The 2 new super powers took control. In Afghanistan we wanted to stay and finish the mission but again didn’t havre enough power or influence to do so.
Brace yourselves for the onslaught of “ the fall of Afghanistan “ ….”Rise of the Taliban “ ….Afghanistan has Fallen “…books , movies 🍿 and documentaries that will undoubtedly be on their way …THEY’RE COMING 😳👀
He has a set time limit to give his speech, and the MP interrupted him because the interruption isn't taken out of that time limit but he wanted him to hurry up a bit so his speach wouldn't be interrupted by running out of time.
It's difficult not be moved by this, and I am no Tory. By Western standards, the Afghan army have utterly embarrassed themselves, but only a fool (or Western intelligence agencies) could have really believed an average 20-year-old Afghan soldier would put his neck on the line for abstract notions of political democracy and female emancipation, knowing that - by waving the Taliban through - he'll be lord and master of all the females in his apartment block by this time next week.
The memory of fallen hero's should not be a reason to create more. Twenty years of support and commitment by the coalition forces was trashed in a few days not by the coalition leaders who decided to leave Afghanistan but by those of the three hundred or so thousand Afghan troops who decided to shed their uniforms and scurry away like rats because they were now faced with the task of holding a front line instead of those who came to support them. The coalition troops could never stay in Afghanistan indefinitely so if now is not the right time to leave then when is.
Apart from those Afghan troops had already been holding the frontlines for years, since western troops were only working in rear echelon areas for several years now. What happened is that the Afghan government fled, and then those soldiers local tribal leaders told them to lay down their arms because the Taliban promised those local tribal leaders power, or at least to better provide for their needs than the Afghan government could. Only a handful of people in Afghanistan, mostly in major cities, actually think of Afghanistan as a country, most only identify with their tribe and when their tribe decided to side with the Taliban, they had to. There are still government forces fighting, but those forces are mostly made up of those who actually have a sense of nationalism.
@@TheSalamander_ That's right, those same tribes who collectively identified as Afghans when collecting their Dollars. I am not sure any of the thousands of coalition soldiers who died in Afghanistan would appreciate your explanation of Afghan honour.
I'm sure there are plenty more options to help then rehousing everyone of them in our country. Immigration shouldn't be your main concern out of this. Remember that those who are fleeing are terrified, trying to protect themselves and their families.
@@martinwebster8702 We shouldn't have to rehouse them. All 300,000 of them should've been fighting the Taliban, instead of running away. They outnumbered the Taliban and had more resources and yet they still ran.
Your words spoken are not on deaf ears of true Americans. We are angry and hurt. We cry for the loss of lives. We know of the loss of our Allies. We pray that the world will see through the politicians and see us as a Nation of the people.
Kabul has fallen to the Taliban. Really? Hasn't it been liberated from unwanted foreign occupation? What country has created the 'Taliban'? Imagine if someone had invaded your house for 20 years claimed to make it better but has done nothing destroyed all your belongings. Tried to play the 'world police' saying 'We don't like the way to treat your women' then fled in the middle of the night.
Marvellous, heartfelt and honourable words Lt Col Tugendhat. I hope your words - so representative of the sentiments of so many of us in Britain - reach the ears of the moronic, dishonourable, and race/gender-obsessed leadership across the Atlantic. I hope when they hear this, they still have enough simple humanity to understand such sentiments, although they would clearly never agree with them. Perhaps there is a logic in pulling back from a long - if not by now a very deep - commitment of personnel to this region. But to do so without consultation, before securing the safety of NATO nationals and families, with barely a thought for the brave committed Afghans without whom Allied loss of life would have been colossally greater, is not only callous and arrogant - but frankly cowardly and cheap. I am ashamed that my country is allied to a nation run by people such as these. I have been deeply fond of America and so many of its good, down to earth people for many decades - and I still remain so. But I now despise the cowardly virtue-signallers who have worked their way to the top of their political pyramid. I thought both Bush 41 and 43 had set the low ethical benchmark at the turn of the millennium, but after only 6 months of Biden-Harris we have already seen levels of arrogance and insensitivity well in excess of even the “Country Club” Republicans.
It’s absolutely disgraceful , my nephew committed suicide after his time in Afghanistan , he couldn’t live with all he saw , , my brother lost his dear son, only 21 yrs old and what for now….absolutely nothing , boris has gone over the line now, and Biden, I just do not understand why they would pull out and allow this to happen, …why ? Taliban didn’t just pop up again , they must of known this was going to happen, and now along with millions of illegal immigrants coming here, we will now have millions of Afghan refugees,m most of whom are males yet again …where are they going to go the hotels are full
I have no love for the Tories, but I happily cede the floor to those who have served in our armed forces regardless of the colour of the rosette they wear.
A speech filled with humility and compassion. Today, I stand with Tom Tugendhat.
Why on earth are MPs of the calibre of Tom Tugenhat being left on the back benches by Boris Johnson when his Cabinet is in such dire need of competent members.
Because Tom Tugenhat would commit more troops to their death in search of victory at any cost.
Oh really. I didn't hear him say that.
Because they aren't spineless cronies, and Boris sees that as a threat
Very interesting.
The key to job security is to surround yourself with incompetent people.
As an American. This is one of the greatest speeches I’ve heard from a politician in a long time. President Biden should look at this shamefully
Britain pulled out its troops in 2014, very easy for them to commit to a lost cause like Afghanistan when it's someone else's army
He’s spoken more sense in that 7 minutes then Boris has in his entire political career
S'cos one KNOWS, t'other but blows.
This speech are referred to by Americans - this speech touched many.
I think we should be careful not to overly criticize. Boris has instructed our forces to do whatever needs to be done to get our people out safely and rescue people. The Americans f**ked off, and betrayed the allied forces, so to be fair the armed Minister and Boris have stepped up. They tried to stop this sh*t show of an Administration in the US from pulling out, they tried and at least tried to slow it down. One thing for sure is that the defence budget isn't enough and my advice to the government is treble it or quadruple it for the next 10 years at least. We need to cut our costs on migrants and waste and double the UK military, its weaponry, and subs/planes and special next gen weapons. Our defence and safety as a nation must come first. We must also ask Ireland to start contributing to the UK defence budget, it has stood behind the UK skirt claiming neutrality when in fact its security benefits from UK defence. Time to ask them for 500 to 1 billion annually.
@@MrKarlyboy At least the UK have sound leaders. Not always perfect but still sound. Not the same in America. This 'event' will 'haunt' the US for many, many years. Questions are asked about who is really in charge behind the scenes. The Brits send people to Afghanistan to fetch their people. They went out in the streets to get them all. Not the same with the US. Majority citizens and Biden's own party criticize him for this action. Doubt he will be in charge for long.
Oh how he revels in street theatre. Pass the sick bucket. Tom Tugendhat tediously never wastes an opportunity to milk to his advantage that he was in the army. One wonders exactly what he did there, probably protected and never in any danger just like Prince Harry. Otherwise he would surely be asking why the Afghans are not staying and fighting for their country. He certainly is not fighting for his and wants to flood it with tens of thousands of Muslims whose offspring will seek to subjugate and rule us. An ex Prime Minister warned us. A fine and brave man unlike Boris idiot who Tugendhat is in thrall to. William Gladstone held the Koran above his head and warned four times in Parliament: 'As long as this book exists, there will never be peace in the world'.
Tom Tugendhat should be PM.....I don't have much time for Conservative MP's or the PM, but this man is genuine and humble....I have watched this clip several times and it still gets me emoitional. His sadness is tangible and his anger contained....respect to this man.
I’ve never been a Tory voter but this guy is most definitely Prime-Ministerial material. If only the cabinet had people like him in it.
@@thedrumdoctor My too, but i'd be very sorely tempted to in a general election if he was aiming to be PM.
I'm not from the UK but fron what i've seen this man and Johnny Mercer seems like the only reasonable and somewhat honest people in the conservative party. In my opinion Tom Tugendhat should take over as prime minister and together with Johnny Mercer put together a fresh new cabinet without any of Boris' people. No Michael Gove, no Matt Hancock and no Priti Patel.
Could quite possibly be soon
@@IONS-LEGACY unfortunately not. As an American, I would've loved him to be PM. He's the only one who was the most honest in the face of liars like Truss and Sunak. I know America is a shithole right now, so I'm not the most qualified to comment on foreign politics, but I take great interest in them, especially the UK. Tom seemed like the most sensible one, and after watching this speech I am definitely reminded of that.
Outstanding speech, Tom, well done Sir.
In these few minutes there's more sincerity and genuinely held beliefs linked to a moral compass than we've seen in 18 months of Johnson's premiership.
BS. Street theatre. Oh how he revels in the arena of overpaid traitors to the British people. Pass the sick bucket. Tom Tugendhat tediously never wastes an opportunity to milk to his advantage that he was in the army. One wonders exactly what he did there, probably protected and never in any danger just like Prince Harry. Otherwise he would surely be asking why the Afghans are not staying and fighting for their country. He certainly is not fighting for his and wants to flood it with tens of thousands of Muslims whose offspring will seek to subjugate and rule us. An ex Prime Minister warned us. A fine and brave man unlike Boris idiot who Tugendhat is in thrall to. Willilam Gladstone held the Koran above his head and warned four times in Parliament: 'As long as this book exists, there will never be peace in the world'.
This speech is sincere, meant sincerely and impassioned. I cannot imagine Sunak, Mordaunt or any other of these candidates for PM saying anything like this. It is statesmanlike.
Agreed if the tories have any sense they will elect him
@@ottens11trash
This speech brought tears to my eyes, this guy speaking from the heart
Oh shut up. Ffs
From the American perspective, this is the first time in my life where I was truly ashamed of this country, truly shameful. When our own president hides away and distracts and lies about the situation because he lacks the political will. Our state department is unable to communicate with the defense department who are unable to communicate with the white house. This is incompetency at a level I only feared was possible.
We feel the same here in Wisconsin. It’s a heartbreaking betrayal for all of us.
Heart broken in Utah.
I have said the same. This is the first time in my life I've been ashamed to be an American. In 8 months Biden has made the world a more dangerous place.
That was a superb speech and proof that not all politicians are disconnected from reality. I have friends and family who served in Afghanistan and I’ll be thinking of them.
Your a thug
Future PM? He seems to be a man of great character and good judgement.
I hope so
This speech is so good, spoken sincere from the heart. Greetings from Holland.
Achja wij hebben gelukkig hugo en thierry
What an incredible emotional, compassionate and passionate speech to resonate the soul and the duty of all serving men against the governments who make the decisions .
10 months later I'm hoping this man can be our next prime minister
My goodness, no joking aside; our leadership in the U.S. should step aside and put people like this in charge.
Please Tory MPs back this man and get him on the ballot. He is the PM we need.
Tom for PM. I'm no tory, but he is by far the best of a bad bunch
Finally, the truth spoken with courage and conviction by someone who put it all on the line.
Outstanding Speech well said
We will never forget!
Tugendhat holds dual British and French citizenship. His wife is a French judge and senior civil servant, and his father-in-law, Pierre Morel, is a French diplomat, the lead Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe mediator in Ukraine.
Can someone say REJOIN?
I'm commenting now when Boris Johnson has resigned, and Tom Tugendhat is standing for PM. This video proves he is worthy...
He spoke for us
A 21st Century Winston Churchill. The world needs more leaders like him.
What a fabulous speaker. Eloquent and articulate. Amazing.
I’m proud of Mr Tom’s speech
Do not adjust your television, the establishment is working exactly as it is supposed to.
This is what makes politics so frustrating.
Here speaks a man from experience with emotion and passion, yet while he and his like warm the back benches we all have to endure the incompetence and corruption of Boris and his band of merry followers. Its genuinely soul destoryng.
Time for a change. Sick of these lot Hancock, boris who got in because of that lying alien head looking Cummings liars the lot of them
Perfect words for what a lot of us vets have felt watching this situation devolve
This man would make a great PM! I hope he will become the next leader, good luck to him.
Tom tugenhad is a class act. Why isnt he in the cabinet?
Gurkhas veterans soldiers who served this country for 206 years had to apply for visa with premium price and no guarantee to get visa meanwhile this government are welcoming thousands of refugees for free; where is the justices here;
Gurkhas veterans soldiers and many others war veterans are sent away without any pension.
Shame on this government.
Afghanistan president : I have a plan.
PLOT TWIST
Afghanistan president : I have a plane.
So I criticized that former US President Obama had to withdraw US military from Afghanistan after Osama bin Laden's execution by US Navy Seal.
Delayed Withdrwal made more US defense budget be wasted and more US youth be killed in Afghan.
God enough with this meme already.
@@hanpyulkong3676 budget is around 1% of US GDP
That was wonderful speech very powerful gave me tears
This os best speech i heard for long time 👏
Yes, He spoke for England🇬🇧.
@@bernadettensika5745 Absolutely nothing more English then sending soldiers to their graves.
A rational and an insightful discourse from a politician is a rare sight.I have nothing but mad Respect for the honorable MP.
No auto cue. From the heart.
Now is the time to seize the moment, Tom.
Blame the damnef politicians both sides of the pond.
Heartfelt words from a brave man.
Totally agree
What a wonderful speech! Bravo.
Except, this *is* defeat. We lost. The Taliban own Afghanistan now. It’s like saying the US didn’t lose the Vietnam war.
The point he is making is that this is the battle, not the war. The Chinese are already negotiating with the Taliban to create a new silk road to secure their strategic supply lines from Russia and Pakistan, and threatening Taiwan. That is likely to be the next battle in this war between freedom and totalitarianism. This was a battle 20 years in the fighting, and we lost without suffering military defeat, because of the will of the people broke. There will be another battle, and if we lose that there will be another one, until either the world is once again in its default state of totalitarianism or until we once again say on ne passe pas.
Technically they weren’t defeated, the objective was to stop the spread of communism, staying in Vietnam for 18 years meant the Soviet Union was pumping money they couldn’t afford into a proxy war keeping them tethered weakening their position elsewhere in the world. Besides Southern Vietnam didn’t fall to the north for a year after the US leaving. Much like Afghanistan it was politics not the military that caused the outcome. Don’t presume the war in Afghanistan is over, much like the mujahideen the Taliban were held together with a common enemy, now the common enemy has “gone” they will turn on each other, there is desire from the people to keep hold of the little gains in freedom they had under the previous government, the Taliban could easily see a full civil war or be fighting an insurgency.
I ❤ so much UK
Shame and humiliation beyond belief for the entire western world. Hypocrisy is democracy.
The shame and humiliation is because the western world was fooled for twenty years into believing they could achieve something worthwhile in Afghanistan, the Afghan government and three hundred thousand properly trained and equipped Afghan troops proved them wrong. by scurrying away like rats.
No, shame on Afghanistan after being helped and perpared for so long can't stand on their own two feet.
@@mbshaw1 the Afgan National Army have had over 70,000 of thier soldiers KIA in Afganistan more than all of the NATO allies put together
When the Americans did a moonlight flit from Afganistan they withdrew Air cover , Artillery cover , MLRS cover , ,medical and evacuation facilities , supplies of Ammunition, intelligence , food , pay ......and left billions of dollars of top grade military equipment and ordnance to the Taliban ...how were the Afghan National Army supposed to fight ?.......what with ? and how ?
There wasnt 300,000 Afgan National Army at all ...what happens is the regional ANA commanders get given money by NATO to keep , train , pay and maintain the troops under them ..the ANA commanders tell NATO they have 20,000 ANA soldiers in thier region but in reality there are only 11,000 so the ANA commanders keep the extra money for the non existent 9,000 ANA soldiers for themselves......
Why isn’t this man prime minister?
He will be a candidate for prime minister..
Brilliant
The majority of Americans are in agreement with this speech.
WHAT NO COMMENTS FROM " TONY BLAIR "?????
What a speech!
Tom for pm
tens of thousands of Afghanis died as a result of the for 'nothing'
Best talk iv ever seen come out of this place
Well said sir... powerful.
These people NEVER wanted to leave Afghanistan. This is the perfect example.
TOM T for PM
Yet NOT a word about the Ghurka's, protesting outside Downing street. Being harrassed by the Police. Shame on every politician. Q-Where is,
Tony Blair? Rather..
Conspicuos by his Silence..
True and sad. Brits have long tradition leaving it's saviors or allies. Polish Army in UK, Polish pilots in battle of England. Brits, Americans, sold the whole central and Eastern Europe to Soviets and now the do it to Afghanistan. Shame!
Well that’s a bit unfair! After 2nd war was finished we brits were bankrupt but we’re politely invited to the final decision making meetings but had no real power or influence.
The 2 new super powers took control.
In Afghanistan we wanted to stay and finish the mission but again didn’t havre enough power or influence to do so.
Great speech.
I accept and regrettably agree why our Long Time Allies have lost faith in America
This made me tear up, what a wonderful orator!
your new prime minister!!!!!! go for it UK!
Just mind blowing!!!
If we are fortunate that's a future Prime minster speaking ?
Make this man PM
Put this man in no 10
This isn't a mistake, it's part of the plan, the endless cycle of immoral peace and immoral war, it's capitalism.
The communists were there before
Hasn't China just signed an agreement with the Taliban to build the new silk road route?
Probably!
China is the new Global Leader - the UK will always follow blindly what America says.
Brace yourselves for the onslaught of “ the fall of Afghanistan “ ….”Rise of the Taliban “ ….Afghanistan has Fallen “…books , movies 🍿 and documentaries that will undoubtedly be on their way …THEY’RE COMING 😳👀
President of Afghanistan: Don't worry guys I have a plan.
President of Afghanistan has left the game.
Never heard that one before
Seemingly there's an all round concensus that we like this man lol. Haven't really read anything bad in the comments.
Hard man Tom is my favourite MP. Tobias Ellwood too.
Could someone please explain why the other MP interrupted him towards the end? Thanks in advance.
He has a set time limit to give his speech, and the MP interrupted him because the interruption isn't taken out of that time limit but he wanted him to hurry up a bit so his speach wouldn't be interrupted by running out of time.
To get him more time to talk… in case somebody tried to call time in him.
well said that man, so true , how we've let down the people fledgling republic of Afghanistan!
I’d vote for this guy 100%
Bravo.
Amen🙏👏👏👏
He should run for a party leadership position and run on spending billions in Afghanistan. Wonder how he'd do?
Solemn Tory speech after a disaster that's been in the making for a LONG time.
I would like to help Afghanistan and prove what a perfect country Afghanistan is -- this is what Pakistan Don't want
It took a bit more than patience to bring prosperity to South Korea ...
I said the same thing….
It's difficult not be moved by this, and I am no Tory. By Western standards, the Afghan army have utterly embarrassed themselves, but only a fool (or Western intelligence agencies) could have really believed an average 20-year-old Afghan soldier would put his neck on the line for abstract notions of political democracy and female emancipation, knowing that - by waving the Taliban through - he'll be lord and master of all the females in his apartment block by this time next week.
~70'00 ANA soldiers gave their lives fighting the Taliban. 70'000 of those average 20-year-old Afghan soldiers.
Great to see there is still some steel amongst the poms. Heartening for the poop storm that is coming for the west.
There is always been steel among us Poms and always will be ......the UK lost 457 soldiers KIA in Afganistan
The memory of fallen hero's should not be a reason to create more. Twenty years of support and commitment by the coalition forces was trashed in a few days not by the coalition leaders who decided to leave Afghanistan but by those of the three hundred or so thousand Afghan troops who decided to shed their uniforms and scurry away like rats because they were now faced with the task of holding a front line instead of those who came to support them. The coalition troops could never stay in Afghanistan indefinitely so if now is not the right time to leave then when is.
💯agree
Apart from those Afghan troops had already been holding the frontlines for years, since western troops were only working in rear echelon areas for several years now. What happened is that the Afghan government fled, and then those soldiers local tribal leaders told them to lay down their arms because the Taliban promised those local tribal leaders power, or at least to better provide for their needs than the Afghan government could. Only a handful of people in Afghanistan, mostly in major cities, actually think of Afghanistan as a country, most only identify with their tribe and when their tribe decided to side with the Taliban, they had to. There are still government forces fighting, but those forces are mostly made up of those who actually have a sense of nationalism.
@@TheSalamander_ That's right, those same tribes who collectively identified as Afghans when collecting their Dollars. I am not sure any of the thousands of coalition soldiers who died in Afghanistan would appreciate your explanation of Afghan honour.
Well said!!!
He should have been our next Prime Minister. He may not be perfect but he was a damn sight better than the rest of them.
So now can we expect all trained 300.000 soldiers, to be rehoused in the U.K.?.
I'm sure there are plenty more options to help then rehousing everyone of them in our country. Immigration shouldn't be your main concern out of this. Remember that those who are fleeing are terrified, trying to protect themselves and their families.
@@martinwebster8702 We shouldn't have to rehouse them. All 300,000 of them should've been fighting the Taliban, instead of running away. They outnumbered the Taliban and had more resources and yet they still ran.
@@LFC-ib2iq Yes they didn't want to fight for our rich people's ability to access their pipeline and other resources
@@martinwebster8702 Lol straight to immigration with some people how typical.
@@LFC-ib2iq Nobody is even talking about 300,000. If they are good workers what is the problem?
The war on terror was a fools' errand from the beginning. Blame Bush, Cheney, Blair and the neocons.
i salute this man from the depth of my heart.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This guy deserve to be prime minister
Why because he gave a decent speech in parliament…behave yourself FFS 🙄
@@monitor4728 mr motivator are u boris couzi
For calling for an extension to a failure of a war abroad? For calling for more Brits to be sent die for a lost cause?
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Your words spoken are not on deaf ears of true Americans. We are angry and hurt. We cry for the loss of lives. We know of the loss of our Allies. We pray that the world will see through the politicians and see us as a Nation of the people.
Raab? Now most likely needs a holiday after this event. Needs sacking, along with Johnson and the Tory party en bloc
Here here!!!
The speech of a leader! Now compare that to the clown who's leading the country and what he spluttered and waffled , utter embarrassment and shameful.
Who is the chap with the beard ( over toms right shoulder ) ?
James Corden
What about Africa? what is worst is happening
I am just waiting for the release of Osamas new VHS video :)
Kabul has fallen to the Taliban. Really?
Hasn't it been liberated from unwanted foreign occupation?
What country has created the 'Taliban'?
Imagine if someone had invaded your house for 20 years
claimed to make it better but has done nothing
destroyed all your belongings.
Tried to play the 'world police'
saying 'We don't like the way to treat your women'
then fled in the middle of the night.
First and foremost, it is stupidity.
Marvellous, heartfelt and honourable words Lt Col Tugendhat. I hope your words - so representative of the sentiments of so many of us in Britain - reach the ears of the moronic, dishonourable, and race/gender-obsessed leadership across the Atlantic. I hope when they hear this, they still have enough simple humanity to understand such sentiments, although they would clearly never agree with them.
Perhaps there is a logic in pulling back from a long - if not by now a very deep - commitment of personnel to this region. But to do so without consultation, before securing the safety of NATO nationals and families, with barely a thought for the brave committed Afghans without whom Allied loss of life would have been colossally greater, is not only callous and arrogant - but frankly cowardly and cheap.
I am ashamed that my country is allied to a nation run by people such as these. I have been deeply fond of America and so many of its good, down to earth people for many decades - and I still remain so.
But I now despise the cowardly virtue-signallers who have worked their way to the top of their political pyramid. I thought both Bush 41 and 43 had set the low ethical benchmark at the turn of the millennium, but after only 6 months of Biden-Harris we have already seen levels of arrogance and insensitivity well in excess of even the “Country Club” Republicans.
Apolitical British politics 👏👏
It’s absolutely disgraceful , my nephew committed suicide after his time in Afghanistan , he couldn’t live with all he saw , , my brother lost his dear son, only 21 yrs old and what for now….absolutely nothing , boris has gone over the line now, and Biden, I just do not understand why they would pull out and allow this to happen, …why ? Taliban didn’t just pop up again , they must of known this was going to happen, and now along with millions of illegal immigrants coming here, we will now have millions of Afghan refugees,m most of whom are males yet again …where are they going to go the hotels are full
Sacrifice for what?
The military industrial complex was the big winner in this. And that's who runs the USA. They made a TON of money on this absurd and tragic endeavor.