By Gilad Atzmon: British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is not doing very well at the moment. He has been denounced by pretty much everybody for making a lot of sense in calling on us to avoid extrajudicial killing. David Cameron is way more sophisticated. The British PM is a Chamberlain like dove pretending to be a Churchill. He speaks like a warmonger but uses every trick to hide his non-existent armada.
Following the massacre in Paris, Cameron vowed “to ramp up the fight against ISIS” and to destroy the “fanatical extremist state at its source.” Impressive stuff, no doubt. The British PM even sat a time frame for his apocalyptic vision. He promised to deploy the RAF in the region before Christmas. Come on Mr. Cameron, we are not talking here about a 19th century cavalry schlepped through Europe on a sluggish steam engine train. Cameron well knows that the RAF’s Jaguars can be in the region within less then two hours. An RAF squadron can become operational within a day. Cameron is obviously trying to buy time. He hopes that by Christmas the incompetent François Hollande will get himself into so much trouble that Britain will have to come to the rescue as a peace envoy. Not bad, I like the idea.
But today, the Brits exceeded themselves. In an attempt to convey a sense of ‘urgency’ and assertiveness, the British government announced that it has now decided to form two 5,000-strong "strike brigades" that can be rapidly deployed. Don’t you worry. It is not going to happen any time soon.
Following the massacre in Paris, Cameron vowed “to ramp up the fight against ISIS” and to destroy the “fanatical extremist state at its source.” Impressive stuff, no doubt. The British PM even sat a time frame for his apocalyptic vision. He promised to deploy the RAF in the region before Christmas. Come on Mr. Cameron, we are not talking here about a 19th century cavalry schlepped through Europe on a sluggish steam engine train. Cameron well knows that the RAF’s Jaguars can be in the region within less then two hours. An RAF squadron can become operational within a day. Cameron is obviously trying to buy time. He hopes that by Christmas the incompetent François Hollande will get himself into so much trouble that Britain will have to come to the rescue as a peace envoy. Not bad, I like the idea.
But today, the Brits exceeded themselves. In an attempt to convey a sense of ‘urgency’ and assertiveness, the British government announced that it has now decided to form two 5,000-strong "strike brigades" that can be rapidly deployed. Don’t you worry. It is not going to happen any time soon.