Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
The point you're making is now showing signs of age. Ever since the 1990s/end of the Cold War, we've had various hard headed evaluations telling us that the threat has changed, that defence has to be re-shaped, re-thought to meet the wars of tomorrow etc. Then we had operations (for better or worse, wrong or right) in Kosovo, Sierre Leone, Gulf 2, Libya and recently to eradicate Isis' operating base/strong hold in Syria and Northern Iraq, which has been successful by all accounts.
FB
Wasn't there something going on in Afghanistan for a while?
How is success measured in the Ops you listed above? Was there a stated aim prior to the UK's involvement that it would be declared a success when those aims were achieved?
A fair point, but not the fault of those who went. And having those assets allowed us at least to take part (again, rightly or wrongly, for better or worse). Was it Rod Stewart who trilled "Ain't it better to lose in love, than to never love at all?". Seems faintly apt...