How can the UK Government justify its new £16.5bn war budget?

Some ill-equipped small republic is in for a damn good thrashing some time very soon. Margaret Thatcher invaded Argentinian territory to revive her flagging fortunes in 1982 and Blair invented a dossier to help Haliburton gather in the spoils of war in the Gulf. It’s a fail-safe strategy: wreck the joint then get the owners to pay for the damage. Link