Not With A Bang

[poliphilo]

David Cameron proposes a no fly zone over Libya. Getting into his stride he suggests he may even send troops. His allies tell him not to be so silly.

At the same time we learn that soldiers on active duty in Afghanistan are going to be handed their redundancy notices as soon as they get home. 

Britain no longer has the chops to be the bully it used to be. 
 
I'm sorry it comes at the price of humiliation and betrayal, but this is a moment I've been waiting for most of my life.

Comments

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

Not really a matter of al salibim (crusaders). I recall Reagan and the "line of death" in the Gulf of Sirte. With the UK it is more of a Roman empire analogy - the legions are in Parthia (Afghanistan) and to all intents and purposes Britain is an American satrapcy.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"Britain is an American satrapcy"

Which is something that shames us all.

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

Not for long. My prediction is that the UK will withdraw from Iraq and have the army patrol inner city Britain.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I wish I could say I thought your prediction was far-fetched.

But can the government count on the loyalty of the army- or the police force- when it's treating them with such disrespect?

[ron-broxted.livejournal.com]

It will be the police as the main target, look at what happened (is happening) in the Arab world. Lots of folks have lots of scores to settle. Army loyalty? I think initially squaddies will do as told but armies become radicalised (Portugal early 1970s). Re-run of Russia, 1917.