The current unacceptable losses are I feel a national shame.
I agree and do wonder what would be happending now if Blair had sent over one of his kids or if Maggie had been in charge.
What does annoy me is that once the so called army leader retire they speak out, and yet prior to collecting pensions they seem happy to keep quiet on the matter.
End of rant
Yes I think Maggie could show the current PM a thing or two.
That said the current CDS (Sir Jock Stirrup) is doing a good job of being quietly outspoken about need for more helicopters.
He's quite a chap being awarded a DFC for landing a Jaguar trainer from the back seat after a bird strike smashed the canopy and caused twin engine flame outs. Conventional wisdom would have suggested that he should have ejected but not knowing whether trainee pilot was in a state to do likewise (having lost comms) he calmly relit both engines and landed the aircraft.
Real Dan Dare stuff and exactly the sort of person we need in charge of the Armed Forces.
He gave a motivational talk at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow recently and was equally impressive.
