A high-profile resignation of a senior armed forces officer before the start of the March 2003 conflict may also have made the British Government think twice before sending troops to the Gulf, he added.
"I would not have gone to war on such flimsy grounds," he said.
We know that American air strikes have killed hudreds of innocent civilians in Afghanistan and even the Secretary of Defense has admitted it. So far, not one American senior officer has resigned.
Things are different in Germany (h/t BuzzFlash):
Der Spiegel Online
11/26/2009
Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
Germany's Top Soldier Resigns over Air Strike Accusations
Germany's highest ranking soldier has resigned in response to allegations that the German Defense Ministry concealed information about civilian casualties sustained during an air strike in Afghanistan.
Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg told the German parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday morning that Bundeswehr Inspector General Wolfgang Schneiderhan, the highest-ranking officer in Germany's armed forces, had asked to be relieved of his official duties.
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