He replied: “Absolutely not. It is not allowed under the UN resolution and it is not something I want to discuss any further.”
Since the general is the Prime Minister’s principal military adviser, you might have thought that was the end of it.
Not so. Downing Street “sources” are now telling journalists that the general is, simply, wrong. They add that David Cameron himself will give the final word on the matter in the House of Commons shortly. Headlines involving words like “slapped down” and “humiliation” cannot be far behind.
This is serious stuff. At a time when Britain’s Armed Forces are engaged in operations, ministers are in a semi-public row with the country’s senior military officer about one of the fundamental objectives of those operations.
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