OK - YEs, Yes and Yes!
To unpick, Cameron has taken us into another war which was ostensibly about protecting civilians but was actually about regime change - that much was clear from the very start - and I sent an email to my MP about this (which surprises surprise got no response - well he is a tory!) and since we have been successful in achieving the aim of regime change and favourable relations with the new regime (and therefore hopefully better access to oil and to commercial relationships) this will almost certainly be looked on as a precedent and a prescription to follow to further the interests of this country regardless of the interests of the world as a whole - but that is what politics is about.
The money would have been far better spent on alternative technologies. I dread to think how many billions have been wasted in dumping armaments on a foreign country in which we have very little interest apart from oil - or indeed on the infrastructure of this country, thus bringing us out of the recession by providing work for many people. Instead of which, because of all the money being spent on 'smart' ordinance there is not enough for the military wages bill and thousands are being made redundant, putting further pressure on the economy. And yes, Cameron is little better than Ghadafi in his abuse of power in this situation - though he at least had the grace not to lie quite so blatently as Blair did over Iraq!
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