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Old 4th Nov 2008, 11:08
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Sunk at Narvik
 
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Lets hope Miliband thinks it through and the lessons of Bosnia are applied.

I applaud the instincts of the interventionists here but have serious misgivings about any UK involvement. The Congo is massive, "peacekeeping" is not the game, the UN is proven a busted flush, NATO can't even commit to Afghanistan and no UN mandate will allow the use of force to defeat one or other of the sides.

The only solution is recolonisation by a power with the manpower and political will to do it. Looking around I can't see any likely candidates.

I'm afraid that letting this run to a bloody conclusion may be the wisest move in the long run..."give war a chance" as someone once said. In the meantime turn off your TV's.

I'd be very happy to be proven wrong, but on the record from the early 90's onwards, I'm not hopefull.
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