I think the only place we differ fundamentally is that I regard "a cock up of grand proportions" as intrinsically highly probable given who is formulating and executing policy here. You seem to think it's an unfortunate unpredictable outcome. It's also far from clear that the "head shot" is the best way of disabling a bomber as it assumes that the gunman will actually hit what he's aiming at. I understand that half the shots fired at Stockwell did not hit the head.
I agree that a thorough review of procedure is what should happen. Do you think it will? The reaction so far has been to obstruct any kind of investigation; the five day delay, the mysterious missing CCTV disks, witnesses being sent on holiday. There's not much sense of urgency is there?
Do you really think anybody is going to be held to account? I think it's about as likely as Blair facing war crimes charges over Iraq.
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Date: 2005-08-23 03:18 pm (UTC)I agree that a thorough review of procedure is what should happen. Do you think it will? The reaction so far has been to obstruct any kind of investigation; the five day delay, the mysterious missing CCTV disks, witnesses being sent on holiday. There's not much sense of urgency is there?
Do you really think anybody is going to be held to account? I think it's about as likely as Blair facing war crimes charges over Iraq.