...a certain one-eyed Scottish financial genius decided that we could fight two land wars simultaneously, way above the planning assumptions in terms of both duration and scale, on the same budget......
Two Land Wars at one time?
That is thinking of an Idiot.....pure and simple!
That the UK Military Senior Officers did not convince him otherwise is very worrisome at best.
Did they try or do they think the same?
The sad reality is the UK Military cannot fight one Land War by itself and do anything but lose.
Your expeditionary capability has been so reduced that you are better used to defend the Home Land than set off on a land war somewhere away from home.
The only function you play is to be an important partner of a coalition of a large force.