Hollowed out.

 Nothing more starkly tells us how much our atrophy as a military power has happened - than the obvious failings at Akrotiri. Its a statement about how much our - military has been hollowed out. We didn’t respond as we should have done and as a consequence - great damage has occurred to our military credibility and prowess. Other nations - however did react in a proper way, including Greece, France and other countries. We have been humiliated. It will take many years to recover from this political and military nadir. Can our allies rely on us to turn up when - called upon? I don’t think so. This sorry state of affairs didn’t happen overnight, but occurred following the financial crash of 2008/9. Since then we haven’t been spending enough or taking defence seriously. What must Putin be thinking of us now? We wouldn’t be able to offer much resistance, if he decided to attack. What a catastrophic failure of leadership and government - to be in this parlous position.