David Cameron accused of 'doing an Iraq' in Libya as White House officials condemn 'incompetence'.
Source: Independent
David Cameron’s actions over Libya have been condemned by a former Tory chairman as “doing an Iraq” while his decisions on both Syria and Libya left the White House feeling “fucked over,” according to revelations made in a new book.
Former Tory chairman Michael Ancram made the comparison between Mr Cameron’s actions in Libya and Tony Blair’s in Iraq, in a new unofficial biography of the Prime Minister entitled ‘Call Me Dave’ and written by former Tory donor Lord Ashcroft. The book is being serialised in the Daily Mail, where the claims have been published.
Mr Ancram tells the authors - Lord Ashcroft and journalist Isabel Oakeshott - that Mr Cameron’s decisions over Libya have left the country “ungovernable… with vast amounts of weapons from Gaddafi’s arsenal moved south of the border, arming Boko Haram.”
A senior American government insider allegedly said the White House felt “fucked over” by Mr Cameron on both Libya and Syria, while General Sir David Richards allegedly told the Prime Minister that being in the Combined Cadet Force at Eton did not make him qualified enough to make decisions over complex military operations and the tactics employed in them.
One White House insider is quoted as saying: "It was one of those astonishing displays of incompetence that sort of leaves you wondering about how, you know, have we all got this far?"
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Tired of having our armed forces used as the “unicorn's horn” - least of all by such a pig.
