Hunched in a remote and subordinate cranny of government — devising a rent bill at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, as a matter of fact — I was not disposed to go overboard when our armed forces were launched into the attack in November; but what on earth was intended to come out of it and how an occupation found untenable could be tenably restored and sustained by force was beyond the comprehension of this unmoved spectator.
Hunched in a remote and subordinate cranny of government — devising a rent bill at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, as a matter of fact — I was not disposed to be very enthusiastic when our armed forces were launched into the attack in November; but what on earth was intended to come out of it and how an occupation found untenable could be tenably restored and sustained by force was beyond the comprehension of this unmoved spectator.