So once again the UK finds itself, well actually its the poor old squaddy, stuck in the middle between warring factions.
I wonder if we will ever learn, the irony of the current mess in Iraq is that once upon a time the Brits were stuck in a very similar position between the Palestinians ( although we just called them Arabs then) and the Jewish immigrants that were forming Israel.
Now in these modern times, the Shia kill the Sunni, the Sunni kill the Shia and when they fancy a change they get together a kill the Brits or Americans, of course with a little help from the Iranians.
Should we get the people of this region a few maps and then perhaps they wil realise that there is in fact lots and lots of desert in the Middle East perhaps more importantly there is enough to share around. but it not that simple, is it.