And diaries too, of course.

However, being Metatone, I am of course interested in tbe structural (dare I say meta?) problem.

And to me, Colman's battlegroup article is the key there.

There is an enormous debate about what the responsibility of the West is in these situations, but added to that is the plain fact that we do not have a capability designed to respond, even when we decide to.

Of course, designing the capacity to respond depends on deciding our desired response. (Forgive the repetitions here, it is late.)

So, the unsung debate is what responsibility do we, as progressives, see for ourselves, our nations, our EU?

I think at least in the wide world, this is a debate still unhad. I am not even sure we have addressed it in the abstract here on ET. It comes up in connection with various issues and places, but I think we could use a sense of our basic principle.

<and I'd like a pony too...>