No.10 hangs Hague out to dry over SAS humiliation in the desert

[jakeXT]

Source: dailymail

No.10 hangs Hague out to dry over SAS humiliation in the desert

* Cameron's aides try to distance PM from special forces fiasco
* Foreign Secretary 'accepts responsibility' but passes buck to generals
* Rebels still hold key towns despite Gaddafi's boasts

The SAS’s humiliation in Libya triggered civil war in government yesterday as a blame game erupted between Downing Street, the Foreign Office and the military.

Embattled Foreign Secretary William Hague was accused of ‘serial bungling’ after the Special Forces and an MI6 spy were captured and detained by a bunch of Libyan farmhands.

Mr Hague, who signed the final order, accepted ‘full responsibility’ for the debacle but he refused to accept the blame.




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1363985/Libya-No-10-hangs-William-Hague-dry-SAS-humiliation-desert.html

[Arctic Dave]

1. Oops, there goes the myth of the special forces being an invicible force

that doesn't die or get captured.