I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.

Look, we're living in a crazy time right now. There's a lot of craziness going on in the world and in the United States in particular.

A lot of networks don't want to touch controversial subjects, and especially stuff that deals with race and history.

Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.

Military operations cannot be tidy or free of friction - particularly in a coalition whose contributing nations see the campaign through national prisms.

The Russians are a very sentimental people.

Well, the U.N. Security Council resolution 1973 is very clear. It says all necessary measures to be taken to protect civilians and civilian areas. I mean, that to me is very clear.