Sitrep 11th August 2011

Should the Army have been brought in to help with this week’s riots? What are the wider consequences for America’s engagement in Afghanistan? How climate change has become a threat to our security. And the wider message of Aghanistan’s new TV Sitcom. PRESENTER: Matt Teale STUDIO GUESTS: BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee and Robert Fox, the EveningStandard’s Defence Corresponent INTERVIEWS WITH: Captain DougBeattie, who’s been in the Armyfor almost thirty years and is now in the TA on this week’s riots & whether or not the Army should have been involved. Dr. Michael Stathis, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Southern Utah University on public opinion in Amercia after the loss of the Chinook helicopter last weekend. The Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, on why climate change is a threat to our future security.