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Old 8th Feb 2023, 11:08
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Timelord
 
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Originally Posted by pr00ne
The last time “we” focused on Europe was a policy announcement in the 1968 Defence White Paper!
Then, amazingly, 14 years later, Argentina invaded the Falklands Islands….

Then, 23 years later, came the Gulf War.

All because of a policy change in 1968 eh?

Who’d a thought it.
So adversarial!
My point was simply that in defence planning, expect the unexpected is a pretty good maxim.
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