This whole sorry saga has the insidious malodour of appeasement. We haven't seen the paper waving and 'peace in out time' sound bites but that doesn't mean we aren't adopting the same flawed policy that set the conditions for WW2....
Not saying this is the start of WW3 by any stretch, but I am genuinely quite worried about the state of the world right now and the perilous state of not just our armed forces but those of most of our allies!
The significant difference between now and 1938 is that Chamberlain used appeasement to successfully delay the onset of war and provide much needed time to rearm and prepare his nation for war. I wonder what the outcome of the next SDSR will be...?