To be fair to the 3 PARA major, he was writing only 2 weeks after the disgrace that was the Kajaki Dam incident. Wrong radios. No batteries. No CSAR. MoD's porkies. A Brigadier later taking it upon himself to personally reply to FoI questions, to ensure the truth about the batteries was known. And even then he didn't know the full story as he'd been lied to. The Major had every right to have a drip, but unfortunately very few know all the background and their aim is often off or they choose the wrong target.