The difference between Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone?
Could it be $330 million per annum in diamond sales? Or is that being a tad too cynical?
Launch the Wing! Send the Fleet! What's the motivation there I wonder?
Afghanistan is one we should stay well out of - look what happened to the Soviets...
but it's interesting that Russia is now becoming extremely worried about the expansion of Islamic Fundamentalism along its southern borders - witness the heavy handed tactics in Chechnya (Scuds/MRLs/Fuel-Air Explosives). Our colleagues in Moscow are taking it very seriously....