An Invasion

Stuart Laycock's map of the countries Britain did not invade (in white).

Stuart Laycock told Jasper Copping from the Telegraph about how his son asked his how many countries British forces have invaded.   This led to a book called  All the Countries We've Ever Invaded (and the few we never got round to).  Then came to big debate.  "Invade", is that the right word?  

Well done to Stuart for raising the subject.  It illustrates the problem of the beauty of simplicity vs the complexity of how the world actually is.  

Uri Granta gives a thorough discussion on these issues in his Quora blog post.

My view is 'well done Stuart Laycock'.  You and your son have highlighted a very interesting point that should be attended to when considering the morality of international politics and Britain's place in it.