The Foreign Secretary adds that intelligence indicated a “steady deterioration” after troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
Mainly because people didn’t want troops to be there (or in the Middle East) in the first place.
“We will use every lever we have – political, economic, diplomatic – to help the people of Afghanistan and to protect our own country from harm.”
If the Foreign Secretary offered a spare room to an Afghan, the rules would prevent the offer from being accepted.
If the Treasury gets its way, the Chancellor will score a big victory. But Ministers should watch for Labour stealing their thunder over taper rates.
European defence budgets only go so far, and ultimately we need the Anglo-American link.
We need to rethink our foreign policy not in the world we would like, but in the world we actually live in.
Sensing blood, the vultures are circling: ISIS is active already, and not only in the remoter parts of country.
“Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.”
“What I’m hearing is the moment the Americans have got who they want out of Kabul, they’ll be pulling their troops out. That is unacceptable.”
A unified approach against this authoritarian power is the only way to combat Chinese influence and expansion.