tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post89084204095978646..comments2024-03-17T12:51:33.240+00:00Comments on Zelo Street: Cameron’s Libya ShameTim Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-76971550435733685912015-04-21T12:44:23.616+01:002015-04-21T12:44:23.616+01:00"Something to consider when you cast your vot..."Something to consider when you cast your vote next month."<br /><br /> <br />Yes and no. As Septic Isle points out, none of the parties has much idea about foreign policy. " That despite 5 years of utter lunacy on the foreign policy front none of the parties want to suggest a better way forward, and in fact two of them want to stir the pot even further goes to show just how limited our politics has become and is likely to remain."<br /><br />http://www.septicisle.info/?q=/2015/04/foreign-policy-not-on-campaign-agenda.html#comments<br /><br />There is a constant pressure from various quarters to "intervene" yet none of the parties understands the difference between "humanitarian interventions" and "regime change" and none of them appears to understand that "regime change" involves the very difficult process of building a state and its institutions and while you're doing that terrorists are likely to take advantage of the vacuum that has been created. <br /><br />And Chilcot's report has been delayed again while the guilty parties have another opportunity to bring in more tangential issues. <br /><br />GuanoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-61566172546113935492015-04-20T16:13:20.584+01:002015-04-20T16:13:20.584+01:00Regrettably, a comment left for moderation has had...Regrettably, a comment left for moderation has had to be blocked as the commenter could not refrain from (a) being abusive, and (b) telling me to "look over there".<br /><br />All comments are welcome that address the points made in the post, and that are constructive, even if they disagree diametrically with my view.<br />Tim Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726447899972084146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433144336299288135.post-39611613455251513432015-04-20T12:59:31.549+01:002015-04-20T12:59:31.549+01:00I'm glad that someone has picked up on this.
...I'm glad that someone has picked up on this. <br /><br />Before the intervention in Libya Cameron and Hague said that one of the lessons from the invasion of Iraq was that western troops should not get involved on the ground. I don't know where they got this idea from. The lesson that they should have learnt from the invasion of Iraq is that "regime change" is very, very difficult and that a failed "regime change" can create a failed state that terrorist will take advantage of (which is supposedly what we're trying to involve). Whether you have western troops on the ground or not, building a new regime and building new institutions is very difficult and the risks of failure are high. There are plenty of people in FCO and DfID (and academia) who could have told them this but they weren't listening. <br /><br />Guano Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com