FOR THE WRECKERED..
The editor speaks

Something Needs To be Done

John Crow (above) speaks eloquently of his ability to stand waist-deep in seawater. However, none of this should distract us from the very real issues facing the world at large.

The present turmoil in the various turmoiled regions of North Africa and beyond are clear indicators that something should be done. While UN Resolution 1973 states that things should be done, it is surely time for Britain and the US to accept that while things do need to be done, other things cannot be done.

Until the things that need to be done are clearly understood by those involved in the doing of things, very little of substance will be accomplished and such welcome progress as has been made so far may well prove to have been at no little cost to those involved in the decision-making process and, indeed, to those on the ground.

Wreckered urges all those involved in the doing of things to heed the early warning signals which show that not too much should be done in the name of being seen to be doing and that, rather, more should be done to help those who are clearly in desperate need of something being done.

Nevertheless, the subtext of the UN mandate is still clear: something needs doing.