Britain’s military will take two years to return to normal after it was called upon to provide 18,000 troops for the London Olympics, the chief planner warned in an interview published Tuesday. Wing Commander Peter Daulby also told the Guardian newspaper that planned cuts to the armed forces meant Britain would not in the future be able to deal with a “national strategic shock” such as the Games. “It just shows you the dangers of pulling the military down,” he said. “If we shrink the military, do we really understand what we are losing? Look at the speed with which we pushed up the throttle. It proves the military offers the country a huge amount of resilience.
