Well, wait for what??
The Government decided to get involved in the French Mali military operations, when there was utterly no requirement to do so, by sending a transport plane.
My guess is that the Algeria incursion by hostage-takers is a result of this, possibly by affiliates of the Mali rebels. Mali borders with Algeria.
As a result, Dave's EU speech has been torpedoed. Have the Mali rebels condemned us to 2 more years in the EU?
Blast!