One of the things I love about the U.K. is their willingness to use overwhelming force to get their men- friend or foe. If it's their own men, they will roll a tank column down your main street and ram the prison front door down in broad daylight at high noon. If it's a tribal chief in the asscrack of Coastal Africa, they will launch a battalion sized full amphibious assault and take him at the point of a bayonet. What's not to love about that?
Every once in a great while, the politicians stand aside long enough for the glory of Britain to shine once again.