British Foreign Policy Elucidated

[NickFitz]

... by Jonathan Moyo, "Robert Mugabe's chief spin doctor":

"I think the British problem is that they behaved like a drunkard who climbed a tree overnight only to wake up in the morning naked and unable to come down, and so conjures up all sorts of stories to justify why they are there, and it takes time to get down," Moyo said. "We are prepared to give them a ladder. What we don't know is will they want to use it at night or during the day."

I can't help but feel that this applies to all kinds of aspects of our foreign policy. Iraq and Afghanistan spring immediately to mind