Under David Cameron, the UK is a reluctant nation in world affairs. The general election must decide whether Britain stays on the sidelines or notSometimes a simple question can cut through all the complexity. The Queen’s celebrated question to London economists about the financial crisis of 2008 – “Why did no one see it coming?” – was a perfect example, a right royal bullseye. This week, General Sir Richard Shirreff, recently retired as the UK’s senior commander in Nato, asked another question that rings the collective national bell. Interviewed by the Times about the deepening crisis in Ukraine which on …read more
Source: The Guardian
