A timely lesson

International cooperation: Australian Federal Police and Defence Force personnel talking to a Thai rescuer (right) before diving to look for the trapped boys and their football coach. — AP

WHEN a boys’ football team in northern Thailand went missing and was thought to be trapped in a flooded cave, the Thai government went into action.

The first thing it did was deploy its military forces, including a team of Thai navy SEALs. The second thing it did was conclude that it needed help.