IF, AS is being claimed in several quarters, the war with Iran has now come to Britain’s shores, then it has brought the fog of war with it. That is clear from the various reactions to the firebombing of four Jewish ambulances outside a synagogue in Golders Green, in north London. The embassy pointed out similarities between the Golders Green attack and others in Belgium, Greece, and the Netherlands. The fog of war disguises imbalances in logic and empathy as well as firepower. Part of expressing those is the insistence that the fog of war needs to be dispersed and not nurtured.

Source: The Times March 27, 2026 01:15 UTC