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.

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[michaleen.livejournal.com]

A strange state of affairs, to be sure. I remember, when I was quite young, my father raging against the supposed nihilistic politics of my generation, kids who were eager to tear down institutions and customs, while offering nothing to replace them.

The roles are more-or-less reversed now, except that he really is the nihilist today that he accused me of being all those years ago. All he wants to do is destroy, the only actions that he supports are destructive, and the only political candidates for whom he has any respect are violently and virulently ignorant, with a constitutional predisposition toward destructive behavior.