That's a childish post
as I stated before and is well reported gchq and mi6 nailed him. So unless that is a total lie then the uk does take credit. Why not
to suggest this is nothing more than an ego trip for cameron is plain nasty
Nothing of the sort, it's simply dealing coldly in the reality of what will become an increasingly deadly game. In the last month we've seen four high profile and deadly attacks outside of the Syrian theatre
11th October, Turkey, Kurds targetted by ISIS, 97 civilian dead
31st October, Russian airliner brought down over Sinai, 224 civilian dead
12th November, Hezbollah district in Beirut, 43 civilian dead
13th November, Paris, 129 civilian dead
Surely you can see the connection? All of these countries/ forces are visible front line combatants in Syria. The UK isn't
Bragging about our involvement is simply unnecessary, other than to give fan boys like yourself something to cheer, but there's plenty of other options to satisfy that market. There was nothing to prevent Cameron reporting the death of Emwazi, and then falling back on the stock answer of refusing to discuss operational details that successive government's have always used regarding special forces. The result is unaltered, (Emwazi is still dead) and we stand a better chance of sailing on by without exposing ourselves to any additional unnecessary risk.
Today of course Cameron pretty well told us that an attack on the UK was inevitable. I'm sure he's right, and I think all of us know, in our heart of hearts, its coming. I see no point in unnecessarily inviting it though. The smart play would be to simply get on with whatever it is we're doing and save the drum beating for later. This has got plenty long enough to run yet, there's no prize for being the country that can absorb the highest death toll and number of attacks
Try looking at this way round
What do you think you achieve by this posturing? Do you increase the UK's ranking on a target list? quite probably (I accept we're already on the list of course). Do you generate some feel good factor and morale boost? Quite probably. Is that a good tactical swap. Probably not.
The other thing worth noting is the complete contrast between the way Cameron was inviting attention onto the UK over this 'hit' and the numerous barely reported 'major plots foiled' (7 this year) that we rarely anything about. The latter is the sensible way of doing things. Don't give the enemy any details about how and who, simply report it as a low lying news item now and then so as not to cause civilian anxiety and then just try and go about your job unencumbered. Basically you have two different approaches to the same task. How do you account for the two different approaches? When it's a civilian one its low key, but when it involves a bit of daring the politician wants a piece of the reflected action. I should say its very rare for military personnel to solicit this sort of attention too. They're the ones in the field, and potentially the ones who could face capture and reprisals. They don't usually appreciate being identified as active operatives too
Come to think of it, if your reaction was anything to go by, I might be forgiven for concluding it was a cynical political ploy designed to bolster Cameron's popularity, as all you could do in the immediate aftermath was draw favourable comparisons with something as irrelevant as Jeremy Corbyn.
Actually, come to think of it, all of the opposition parties are a bit silent at the moment. It's as if they're collectively holding their breaths not really sure of what to say, or which way to dive
