Dangerous trade
May 30th, 2009 | By Ian Poulton | Category: InternationalThe BBC carries sombre news this evening of the deaths of two British soldiers in Afghanistan. It seems a pointless and unwinnable war; no-one has ever successfully conquered the entire country and victory seems as far away as ever. But young men and women still join up, it is not as though they are unaware of what lies ahead, this war is eight years old.
Why do people join up? It is four years since RTE covered the British forces in Basra in southern Iraq.In contrast with the usual …