I am staggered by the stupidity of the media. In such situations we constantly get TV reporters (very often women) who demand information, on air, browbeating military officers and troops to tell us all what they are doing and what they intend to do, and show footage of brave, but rather slovenly men with their rifles slung nonchalently over their shoulders moving into position. Never women, of course. Many seem to be just mooching around like sheep. The enemy sees all this on their iPods. They hear the strategic discussions. The media treats it all like a video game.

We have anti-terrorist ‘Elites’ around the world who are spectacularly inept. I swear their training is virtual and provided by Bruce Willis International Swell-Guy Enterprises. They are equiped with the most apallingly useless gear – but it is black so that is supposed to be OK. Not that being black is much friggin’ use if the TV cameras are watching every friggin’ move under arc lights and some bimbo in a sari (or western woman reporter in designer fatigues) is playing the sports commentator.

This attack was well planned. The only thing missing was an ‘embedded’ reporter or three.

Just as soon as the funding comes through and the people pay for their curries.