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Richards said an intelligence-led approach was the current strategy. Richards added: "Clearly, the primary agencies dealing with this are our intelligence and security agencies. But the military are already helping with their training. I don't think we want to open up another front there and nor do the
Yemenis want us to do that. So we have to find other ways of doing these things and in the meantime making sure Afghanistan doesn't revert to becoming, if you like, a 'second Yemen' – that is the Army's primary duty at the moment. Our role is to remain very close to them, to help them where they most need it and in the meanwhile focus our efforts on Afghanistan and assisting Pakistan to ensure they don't become the threat Yemen is beginning to be.
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military offensive, Operation
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armed forces. If you lose that, because you don’t look after your people well, you will have an army, a navy and an air force, but it will be the sort of army, navy and air force with which we don’t associate with the
British, that you associate with banana republics ultimately. We have outstanding people and we need to look after them.
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as too ambitious. Consequently, his alternative advice was "to let Assad win and quickly and to stop encouraging and supplying opposition groups with insufficient support to ensure their success" to reduce the humanitarian consequences, which was not accepted. Ultimately on 29 August 2013, parliament
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Taliban is now beginning to realise that they can lose this war, which was not the view they had a year ago. We have to reinforce the view that they can, and will, be beaten." In 2010, however, he also stated in a radio interview that "I think there's no reason why we
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The alternative is for the West to declare a no-fly zone and that means you’ve got to be prepared to go to war with Russia ultimately. I see no appetite for that and nor, frankly, do I see much sense in it. It sticks in my throat to say it because I have no love for Assad.
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If the humanitarian situation in Syria is our major concern, which it should be – millions of lives have been ruined, hundreds of thousands have been killed – I believe there is a strong case for allowing Assad to get in there and take the city back.
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Anatomy of failure : why America loses every war it starts
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2014:"Taking Command by General David Richards – review"
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1853:"Syria crisis: No to war, blow to Cameron"
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1498:. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
1114:"RICHARDS, Gen. Sir David (Julian)"
930:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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1948:"David Richards – Senior Adviser"
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489:and then became Commander of the
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277:. He succeeded Air Chief Marshal
52:The Lord Richards of Herstmonceux
3424:Fellows of King's College London
2487:Wyatt, Caroline (14 July 2010).
1994:. 7 October 2014. Archived from
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909:"[Untitled book review]"
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2386:"Chief of the Defence Staff"
1490:Kiley, Sam (10 April 2007).
1098:Marquis Who's Who on the Web
536:, and as such attributed to
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495:Joint Rapid Deployment Force
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852:. Richards was advanced to
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552:Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
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1141:Richards, David (2015).
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913:Naval War College Review
610:(ADC Gen) to The Queen.
558:. He became the British
452:Staff College, Camberley
416:Commando Training Centre
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2922:Sir William Nicholson
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1372:Richards 2015, p. 96
713:United Arab Emirates
618:On 17 October 2008,
608:Aide-de-Camp General
512:In 2000, during the
491:4th Armoured Brigade
376:Royal Army Pay Corps
275:British Armed Forces
168:4th Armoured Brigade
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2780:Duke of Marlborough
2770:Earl of Marlborough
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2544:Sir Richard Dannatt
2323:The Daily Telegraph
2274:. They work for you
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1763:The Daily Telegraph
1742:. Press releases –
1720:. MOD. 14 July 2010
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1598:Ministry of Defence
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2800:Duke of Cumberland
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