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  #17. I'm older than some people seem to think I'm afraid; 44. If it gets to the point where I get called up things will have gone very wrong indeed!
  
  In fact I'd probably not get called up as I suffer from severe migraines. I was in the Territorial Army for 6 months in 221 squadron, 101 Engr Rgt, Royal Engineers, an EOD/counter IED unit (they figured that as an archaeologist who has used metal detectors I'd be useful for finding IEDs!). But I had to leave because of my migraines, something my wife and most of my friends were very grateful about.
  
  I take the points about possible use of chemical weapons by the rebels. In fact I think it is likely they have made use of them. I'm less convinced this attack was by the rebels though. If it was, I'd have thought the Syrian regime would have bent over backwards to get UN inspectors to the site.
  
  The whole thing is indeed a bloody mess, but I don't think this is the same as Iraq, clearly the weapons exist and are being used and I think there needs to be a proportionate response, which stand-off missile strikes would be. But I'm no more optimistic about the immediate future of Syria, or indeed the whole Middle East, than anyone else.

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