Chamberlain: (Sudeten Teutons) "a quarrel among faraway peoples about whom we know nothing". Bismark: the Balkans are "not worth the bones of a single...grenadier." Yet their Nations fought sanguinarily over both, though many said "not in my name".
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So: we spend on defence to secure (before, water; now) energy. So: Africa, sadly if you will, is not worth the bones of one of you. Honky AT support, but boots on ground must be neighbourly. Oilfields are not "far away, know nothing", and they are worth Britbones - try blogging without electricity. If we wring hands and bleat as nutters takeover, we will soon starve and/or freeze. Asymmetric warfare is a challenge to which we are trying to rise. Be patient.