There will, no doubt, be those who have opposed our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan who heartily agree with the Government's decision to cut the Army off at the knees, so that it can no longer undertake its lust for foreign adventurism. But as the old saying goes, we don't choose wars, wars choose us. Who could have predicted at the turn of the millennium that we would have fought two major wars in a decade? The same is true to today's world. There are many potential areas of conflict of looming, and it is a very foolish – or should I say negligent? – government indeed that believes Britain can remain a war-free zone for the foreseeable future.
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