Chinese Communist Party
1921 - 2021
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'At first it was a lie, then a strong delusion and, at last, downright madness'
Wellington
[As acknowledged admirers of the American, British and NATO Military and their know-how and, sometimes, supporters of their military actions, we would be forgiven if we try to make a critique of the extended and naïve views expressed by the author, without questioning the bravery of combatants on all sides.]
The British
Although some in Britain would even deny speaking English to blame America, British elites are in the same woke boat as the American ones. The political and military leadership, was not up to the task as they have demonstrated, all along, by believing their own lies. Even the population at large saw that invasions solved nothing and saved nobody, on the contrary, as it happens, made the country more vulnerable in an era of open borders. Indeed, invasion brought, eventually, Regime Change to Britain, not to the larger Middle East.
It would be absurd to suggest that the British Military, with all its capabilities, can stay alone and save little girls and damsels in distress, build schools and hospitals and create a land of Milk and Honey in Afghanistan, especially when it is not even allowed to defend the UK borders.
War is the business of any military, more so of the British Military, a professional force with a long history and proven and, at times, glorious experience, but nobody could be blind to its weaknesses or the motivations of its elites. Building schools and hospitals and saving little girls are good propaganda to keep the moral among what Wellington called the 'scum of the Earth', but it can only go so far.