By James Browne
The government has sent an aircraft carrier and its fleet of Harriers to the Mediterranean to carry out Britain’s commitments to the UN “no-fly zone".
A spokesman for the Royal Navy said: “Thank God we didn’t do anything as monumentally stupid as scrapping HMS Ark Royal and the Harrier IIs before getting embroiled in yet another military adventure.”
But not really…
Yes, over the weekend we appear have developed another war. With a leader who was a “friend” of the West until a few weeks ago. Despite our country being bankrupted by wars in Mesopotamia and south-central Asia. Despite our country being further bankrupted by bailouts to the City.
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Despite the fact that bombing civilians in Libya will shore up support for the bloodstained Gaddafi Duck. Despite the fact that the Arab world is a tad suspicious of Western military action after previous … unfortunatenesses. Despite the propaganda coup each civilian death is for the extremists. Despite the fact that we didn’t feel the need to intervene in Bahrain when the Saudis invaded. Or in Zimbabwe. Or in North Korea. Oh boy, get your bucket and spade ready. This particular desert farce will have a longer shelf life than even Carry On Cleo. Have we learned nothing from Iraq and Afghanistan? We screwed up Iraq good and proper on the basis of a tissue of lies. We’ll be embroiled with the Taliban until the economic recovery or the Second Coming (whichever arrives first). Our armed forces are a touch stretched and we’ve just hacked away at their budget. Only a bitter, cynical, pinko, commie, fag subversive would suggest any link between yet another foreign adventure and distracting the public from the economic embuggerance to which the country is being subjected after bailing out the Tories’ backers in the financial sector. Finally, if it’s a “no-fly zone", why are we blowing up tanks? I’m no expert on avionics, but surely they’re not noted for their ability to soar majestically among the clouds?Donate to us: support independent, intelligent, in-depth Scottish journalism from just 3p a day
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