We've seen the madness that greeted Bhutto's arrival back home, and I have not doubt that not only were events anticipated, but orchestrated. Thats how things 'work'. Gen Petraeus talks about a 'long war' lasting decades, and Centcom appears to be planning for one lasting upwards of 50 years.
Stop.
I have got to the point now, where I don't CARE if these people want to blow themselves and each other up. I don't CARE anymore that they make women stay at home or not able to drive cars.. it might be the time of day but I just DON'T CARE anymore. Rather than prancing around the world trying to make everyone think we're still the uber power, I just want the UK military to concentrate on ensuring that MY childrn are safe, HERE and their children too and their children. If that means stocking up on nukes, expanding the Navy to 5 times its current state to patrol our waters, then so be it. Let them do what the f#ck they like.. nothing we do any more will make the blindest bit of difference.
I am aware of the principles of war, and how important 'maintenance of the aim' is, but they're just words. What about 'honesty'.. with oneself as much as anything? I accept too, that WW2 was about projecting power to snuff out tyranny, but that was different. Then, we weren't fighting a mindset, this time we are. They're not going to change.. and this is just an exercise in employing power for god knows what reason.
I have nothing at all against any of our deployments, or the reasons behind them.. we did the right thing, and I despise the gimps who have undermined our troops. But. Enough. Afghans, Arabs, Syrians, Jordanians, Sunni.. let them kill each other if they want to, I have had it up to my
ing eyeballs. I don't want to see this kind of !!!! anymore, I want to see our military employed properly and commanded
properly, realistically and effectively, and not running around like blue arsed flies because we have no one of acumen, wisdom, insight and intelligence running things or employing 'us' properly.
Not everyone is like us in the West, lets accept that and lets spend time and money on looking after ourselves.. projecting defence outwards as we are doing, isn't going to do that. This is how I feel now. The coffee is bubbling away, its dark outside and N24 has made depressing viewing. I'm sure that in time, when I've had scrambled eggs with Duchy of Cornwall sozzies lightly sprinkled with pepper, I'll feel differently, but I feel so frustrated and pissed off. That those at the helm haven't got a feckin' clue. They're making it up as they go along and as long as they're in the seat now, they're happy and they don't give a flying
k about what our children and grand children have to live with.