Britain’s armed forces are crippled by deficiencies and shrinkages. But an elder statesman to whom I lamented this responded that if he was nonetheless in authorities, he would balk at producing a Visa card. The Treasury final month agreed a rise in defence spending from £46 billion in direction of a forecast £50 billion: “The Russians are proving incapable of defeating the Ukrainians. Do you anticipate us to imagine they may tackle Nato?”
His scepticism is extensively shared. Britain’s public funds are sorely strained. There aren’t any votes in defence. Our most up-to-date makes an attempt to leverage navy energy overseas, in Iraq and Afghanistan, have been humiliating failures.
Russia’s neighbours are weak to direct aggression. Our island, nevertheless, isn’t. We offer the brave Ukrainians with as
