"Damage limitation in Downing Street, a midnight phone call and a rush to the airwaves, but general does not back down on the essence of his remarks about the aftermath of the Iraq invasion"
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"'My intention is particularly to speak up for what is right for the Army,' he has said. 'That is my job. That is my constituency.' This is language traditionally associated with politics rather than the military — generals claiming to represent a constituency in opposition to government were common in Ancient Rome, but extremely rare in British military history."
The man appears to be a master of understatement, if I'm capturing his meaning properly... I think he's saying:
"Hi. My...constituency...has the guns. ...You will want to look like you came up with these ideas...
