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Err…..don’t think so old bean. In 2002/03, the Lib Dems were then and remain to this day, vehemently opposed to the latest Iraq foray (perhaps they looked at the thing historically – Post 1918 break up of Ottoman Empire, Treaty of Versailles, arbitrary drawing of Iraq national boundaries by the Western Powers and the resultant series of violent insurrections/coups from the early 1920’s to the present day).
Similarly, it remains debatable whether a Tory administration would have been sucked into the present imbroglio with the alacrity facilitated by Tony Bliar’s very special and remarkably close relationship with Dubya.
I do, however, agree with your sentiment that service personnel should be prepared for the kinds of situation currently faced in Iraq by Coalition Forces and with which, I am sure, you are all coping magnificently. The mantra that sticks in my mind from a number of lives ago was to the effect that if I couldn’t take a joke, I shouldn’t have joined!
A very Merry Christmas to you and all other Pprune readers/contributors.