Cazalet,
You know that and I know that. But it was a high profile event with the potential to make a max rate turn into the murky world of MOD politics where common sense and the reality of the situation on the ground plays second fiddle to political agendas and inter-service rivalries. And that's what concerns me.
And as an illustration, you aren't the first I've heard suggesting that the RN starts a taxi service for Mediterranean migrants rather than fishing them out of the Med. I did say common sense doesn't always take primacy - see what we're up against?!!