4 January 2012

Beware foreign policy when elections are near

A good but rather melancholy run through the storm damaged woods this morning.
Meanwhile, in another unstable region, Barak Obama & Nicolas Sarkozy are engaged in a dangerous game of rhetoric and brinkmanship with Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Whilst this is almost certainly just bravado to impress their respective electorates, the potential for reaching a flashpoint is very real and very alarming. David Cameron is tagging along too, though without the excuse of a pending election. As with anyone else with delusions of being a world leader, the kindest response would probably be to keep him away from matches and sharp implements.

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