This isn't his fault - it's the bloody media who again instead of reporting the news are insistent on making it or at least influencing it.
Because they made this such a high profile issue all the rag heads down there can't wait to have a pop at him which most probably would have resulted in a number of 'associated' casualties.
Would you want to be on a patrol with someone where your chances of getting blown up were 10 times higher than normal?
Now that he's not going the media are stiring up the 'where can he go thread' which of course will again scupper his chances of doing what he wants.
This media intrusion is getting sodding ridiculous with half the press and tv media thinking they are more important than the stories they are covering and trying to direct issues in the direction they want.