WEBF,
Er...., I think you might find that the current "uncertainty" as you quaintly put it was actually CAUSED by us deploying forces in the first place.
Joe Public, by and large, feels that we shouldn't be out in Iraq right now and given a choice would withdraw our forces right away. Far from accepting higher defence expenditure I fear that the current mayhem will only cause the public to question further what we have military forces for and what we do with them.
Old fashioned thinking again matey.
Must stop watching this bloody Hells Kitchen.......................