Stuart Gordon Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Stuart Gordon If Sangin falls, much of the north of Helmand is very much under Taliban control, this is probably the worst of the scenarios that the British had in 2013 and 2014. Stuart Gordon top-news It was significant because of the routes it controlled and it was a very significant part of the resourcing of the political economy of Helmand, because it is a major center of drugs processing and drugs shipping. Stuart Gordon top-news Sangin became fairly totemic for the British because of the number of soldiers lost. Stuart Gordon top-news