20 April, 2011

Here we go

Faced with a stalemate in Libya, the Government announces it will be sending 10 'mentors'. This is not of course tantamount to offering military assistance, 'boots on the ground', oh no. But they will be military, they will be on the ground and will of course be wearing boots.

So what will they 'mentor' or advise on? Cookery? Electricity production from photovoltaic cells? Park maintenance? I don't think so.

This is the first sign of 'mission creep', inevitable from the day we decided to intervene in someone else's war.

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