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.