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Presence on the ground. let's go back to your own service. yes, you are in charge as chief of the defence staff, but you served for many years before that. if you go way back to the invasion of iraq in 2003, you were not there, but you were doing a fascinating job in government. in 2002, i did my first tour in afghanistan and got very involved in nation building, if we could put it like that. i got a bit of a reputation for understanding how one might rebuild states after they had collapsed, so i was brought into a joint team in the foreign office about aftermath planning. 0urjob was to try an...

A fascinating job in government. yes. in 2002, i did my first afghanistan tour and got very involved in nation building, if we can put it like that. i got a bit of a reputation for understanding how one might rebuild states after they had collapsed, so i was brought into a joint team in the foreign office. it was about aftermath planning. 0urjob was to try and encourage the coalition led by the americans to think the thing through to the finish and think hard about what might happen once iraq was defeated militarily. how would you put it together again? it was a very interesting job. fascinati...