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  Mark its just that we are simply unable to police everywhere. The places you name are equally as bad as Libya but its just not possible for us to do anything about every situation. Our forces are smaller than previous times as we know, we have no aircraft carrier currently operating, nor do we have the budget, so its just not possible to do everything but we do what we can.
  
  We can also detect a change in attitude too from the Americans. Very reluctant they were this time round to do anything about Libya. They are involved but in a support role with Britain and France taking the lead...now NATO has taken over.
  
  So there is a greater reluctance now for this thankless policing. As we saw, there wasnt much gung ho- ing over Libya.
  
  Im not really sure that its about oil, our oil supply was guaranteed under Gaddafi, all was functioning normally. We could have put down the rebels, that would have secured the oil, but clearly our concern for the humanitarian situation outweighed our need for oil, in this instance anyway.
  
  So well done the western allies. However what happens now..air strikes are delivering a stalemate there in Libya.
  
  Alas I wouldnt know what to suggest re the African nations who seem to live in eternal conflict. Very hard to fix anything there, poverty reigns and desperation lurks.

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