Not Fewer Deaths, But Lesser

More than fifty people have been killed in a terrorist attack, but on the bright side it took place in Mali and no Britons were involved. Of course, there was that little matter of the Daveybloke Coalition pitching in with the wog-bombing of Libya; but that was all a long time ago and, as the well-known salesman Vince Cable pointed out, it is uncharitable to blame the Deputy Conservatives for cleaning up other people's mess just because they happened to make the mess bigger. In a worthier world, the wog-bombing of Libya might have stabilised the region no end; yet instead of rejoicing in their democratic opportunification the lesser breeds continue in their sinful and lazy habits of chronic migrancy and blowing things up. It is fortunate for British optimism that Mali doesn't happen to be newsworthy.