Forget, a 1982 Falkland Islands repeat.
I wonder just what contingency plans exist should the PIRA go "active"? Just remind me of how many troops and SH assets were effectively based in the province, and for how long?
Q. Where would 20,000 boots on the ground, 20+ RW cabs (plus reserves of both on the mainland) to sustain ops for a long time come from?
A. Thin air? (No pun intended).
Our polititians might get away with the UN stepping in to sort out a mess 8,000 miles away but I don't think the same would be true in NI.
MB