Ken Clarke: Sending troops to Ukraine will not 'solve anything' - Telegraph
PPrune amazes me with its apathy at times.... its as though everybody has gone to sleep... or are simply too world-weary to care. I can understand that but please somebody speak up.
Ok. I'll drag it up again.
The above link is a story about the UK now sending military advisors and trainers to help one side of the Ukrainian...you know what its about.
Ex minister called K Clarke thinks this will not really solve anything.
Our ministers are out of their depths.
We have not the military capability to front up to Russia, right on their own border. We will never have that capability.
This will make us take a side. We could now be seen to be directly supporting the fighting against the Western Ukraine separatists/the Russians (by proxy).
This is not our war to fight.
The PM is beyond his mandate to take these risks. The democratic process must take place in such a serious situation. Have I missed the debate in Parliament? Was there a vote?
This can quickly and readily escalate very badly for everybody.
We are sleepwalking into a conflict of which we should avoid.
Dialogue has to be maintained by and with all sides.
What am I missing? Are they mad, or am I mad?