Well, leave it to the planners in London to set up a classic tripwire and call it “peacekeeping.” Nothing says peaceful resolution quite like putting troops right on the doorstep of a nuclear power with permission to fire away when things heat up.It’s classic statecraft: posture now, roll the dice on escalate-to-deescalate later, and send the bill to the taxpayers. You really have to admire the optimism of anyone thinking this ends up as anything other than a textbook mess.See here.The post British troops will be allowed to fire back at Russian forces if attacked in mission appeared first on LewRockwell.