Thoughts…on a gloomy day
“There is something I don’t understand,” a friend observed. “Ever since I was on the ground covering the Libyan crisis, we reported that you could buy a Kalashnikov for US$50, while for US$400 you could get a complete anti-tank missile system.” This was common knowledge. The different intelligence services in Europe and elsewhere knew exactly what was going on and what the consequences were. So, the big question one could ask oneself is : why did it take so long…