tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post1527662908251092807..comments2024-07-31T14:14:32.925+01:00septicislehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-83115961510281259652011-03-18T14:33:32.207+00:002011-03-18T14:33:32.207+00:00I don't think that's the case in this instance. Apart from Malcolm Rifkind, Dr Death and Ming Campbell, very few politicians were actively promoting a no fly zone, while about the only former member of the military to comment, General Dannatt, was as cautious as you'd expect. This is sadly another war which the military itself doesn't really want to fight, ceasefire declaration from Gaddafi today or not.septicislehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03369157723084834549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14422435.post-37040779746891117802011-03-18T10:08:44.930+00:002011-03-18T10:08:44.930+00:00It would be of course be entirely wrong to even hint a suggestion that we've been manoeuvred into this adventure in Libya by the fellow travellers of the military establishment to prove that the Government should not be cutting defence spending. Perish the thought.Richard Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225331967587897653noreply@blogger.com