Britain has taken itself out as a major player in the international system, at least for a while, with the kind of cuts that they've made in their national security budget.
“I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.”
“There was a very convincing argument made that the extremists have won and the aggression is now supported by the majority, therefore fighting until surrender was the only alternative.”