Originally Posted by
Timelord
Max Hastings dislikes everything that isn’t Army. During the Afghanistan unpleasantness he argued for the RAF to ditch all its fast jets and reequip with Tucano like COIN types.
Absolutely ! Another strike by the Army lobby to set the debate - TBH I am not a big fa of the carriers myself but this is clearly so one sided it hurts
You have to remember though that to a lot of people Hastings is a well respected and much read "expert" on all things military.