In this post former BAFF chair Douglas Young, a retired lawyer and reserve Lt Col, commends Sir David Davis's Military Operations Bill but queries the media spin that the Bill would "force ministers to own their decisions", and raises further questions in what Young believes is a "discussion worth having".
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Would you like to contribute to the current debate about legacy investigations in connection with Op Banner and other operations, and what should be the legal regime for future military operations?
I have no intention of offering a view here on the conduct of the war with Iran, or on what the United States or anyone else should do about the Strait of Hormuz. Strategic and operational questions are outside BAFF's remit, and not for this website.
But as an individual member, I make an exception for one extraordinary aspect of
It's rather sad that this has turned out to be the first message in this upgraded BAFF blog area. The reactions we've heard to the US Commander-in-Chief's recent comments have been close to unanimous.
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