and now we are girding what few loins we have for intervention in/over/around Syria?
Perhaps Switzerland could teach our politicians a thing or two.
I am and always have been a civilian but every one of those British dead have grieved me. Not wasted but unnecessary, despite what we are told.
Have we noticed the high proportion of junior leaders that have been lost: LCpl, Cpl, Sgt, and 2Lt Lt Capt and of course equivalent? These men and women would have been our shield and strength in 10 years time.
Can we please just mind our own business for ten years and just react if someone pokes us with a sharp stick?