Originally Posted by
SRMman
One wonders if our politicians are up to it. . . I fear they are not, with their minds focussed on their constituencies, elections and other short termisms.
Our politicians are never up to it (Chamberlain, peace in our time and all that) but they end up in a position where their hand is called for them and they have no choice but to step up to the mark.
This war will drag on until it's inevitable and then the West will up the ante and do what they should have done at the start.
It's called democracy.