BFBS Sitrep

In this week’s Sitrep: Is Peace Worth Fighting For?  Given the outright opposition to the Gulf War and to the motives of the then Prime Minister Tony Blair for taking the UK into that war and, the increasing public opinion that the Afghanistan War is unwinnable, the question Is Peace Worth Fighting For? Is worth answering.

In this week's Sitrep ...is Cyber Warfare. The future? Is it now? What is it? What can it do and who does it? Could cyber warriors really turn off all the military communications and computers and literally bring a major operation crashing to chaos? And... who could and who does hack into the most closely guarded coms find out in a Sitrep special on Cyber warfare.

In Sitrep today ....Pakistan and Taliban - friend or foe? Why the MOD got it wrong for widows and orphans. Why General Jackson says the Iraq war was legal. Why European allies have no right to criticise UK forces. Why the mole has yet to blow his whistle. Why Cameron wants Turkey inside the tent . And, what do KGB agents sing when they get to the pub? Find out in Sitrep with Christopher Lee & guests, 430pm live online and on BFBS Radio 2.

This week: Are there too many 2 Stars in the Armed Forces? The latest on the Defence Review Afghanistan - is it really an unwinnable war?  Iraq -The slaughter goes on, as does the Iraq Inquiry. Plus North Korea  - more sanctions and the US sends in the really big flat top and Turkey - talking to the enemy, and why it's best to throw and not drop a clanger? 

In this edition of Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guestst: Afghanistan – have we got itwrong?And next week – the biggest security headache arrives in Afghanistan.  What do we do when Israel bombs Iran?  Plus China’s Military is on the Long Marchbut where’s it going? Sea Sunday – let’s not forget  AND, Nelson’s naval letter – but not a word toFleet Street.

In this Sitrep....Defence cuts - it’s official. UK troops move over in Helmand, but why has it taken so long to announce the obvious?. Why corruption and money laundering are good business in Kabul. A missile deal in Europe....plus Iraq: was the MOD totally incompetent or totally uncaring in the manner it treated families of Service people killed in action. And Spy wapping - the US and Russia are at it again. That’s all in Sitrep, with Christopher  Lee and guests.

In Sitrep today ....The Taliban bomb - scare stories or could the terrorists really get a nuclear trigger?  Afghanistan after McChrystal - are we losing it?  Liars or fools -  who's hiding the truth about why we went to Iraq?   PLUS: Prisoner torture - is MI5 being economical with the truth and has the time come to sell off Dartmouth, Sandhurst and Cranwell?

  This week's/today's Sitrep  looks at the upcoming strategic defence review: what is it? Is it possible to get it right? And, what will happen to each Service: The Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Army, the Royal Air Force and let’s not forget the fringe: robotics, Intelligence, Information, and the Media .  Find out in Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests on BFBS Radio 2, 4pm UK time, listen again and on-line.  

In Sitrep today ....Afghanistan - Another lost cause? Or, the war that never was.  President Obama - proving no one can win three wars at once.  In Iraq - why the Iranians say bombing's easier than war.  In Pakistan - why the Intelligence people say Taliban's the best bet to avoid war, and in  Karachi - why banning demos won't keep the bombers out PLUS: Bloody Sunday - the ones who got away. and NATO - does it really need Montenegro?  All the answers in Sitrep, with Christopher  Lee and guests  4pm uk time, on BFBS Radio 2, on-line and listen again.