Tyne - why don't you write an article asking why the MoD has to fund the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq when it is Govt business and should come from Govt coffers?
I believe the Govt has to fund a war but these campaigns are not war and therefore have to be funded from the massively depleted Defence Budget.
I suspect that this is why first Tony and now Gordon are so happy to send off troops to the front-line in their 'global war against terror' and 'gosh aren't we fabulous international statesmen and peacekeepers' - they don't have to pay for it and can get on with f88king up the NHS, police, education etc etc in an effort to hang on to power.