General Sir Richard Dannatt, former head of the British army, told the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war that Tony Blair's decision to send troops to Helmand at the same time as they were in Iraq almost caused the army to seize up.
He said:
"I think we were getting quite close to a seizing-up moment in 2006."
The politicians let the troops down by placing them in an almost impossible position during this period, the consequences of this negligence are still being felt today.
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