No one is saying that it would be. But our defence establishment is claiming - as a basis for spending billions on legacy systems (which take a decade or more to commission) and not spending those bi… (View Post)

How did it go last time we intervened military in a civil war ? Also, I quoted Trump directly. (View Post)

So much for the ongoing defence review. British Army will ‘not fight war like Ukraine’ after tank upgraded Controversial Ajax vehicles to be deployed seven years behind schedule following works on no… (View Post)

Not necessarily. Completely new section of dual carriageway locally that's taken over three years to complete, with all the nightmare traffic queues that entailed. Lovely new bit of road. Almost as s… (View Post)

The objections are to the idea that intervening in Nigeria would be easy - or effective. This isn't "drawing attention to" - it's a suggestion that large scale military intervention is a po… (View Post)