I think people are getting carried away on the political implications of this. Sooner or later there will be another crisis somewhere else in the world, this time one that can be addressed by bombing… (View Post)

This is just like the Iraq War, all the people who supported the policy are seeing the results of the policy and blaming the implementation. The difference is that some people opposed the Iraq War, w… (View Post)

Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British… (View Post)

The problem for governing politicians right now is that the voters want to know what they're doing about getting refugees out, but the voters will only want refugees for another 2 weeks or so, 3… (View Post)

I don't know if he went as far as withdrawal but he opposed the surge and argued for a narrower mission targeted on Al Qaeda. Other notable stances were opposing the intervention in Libya (right… (View Post)