Jacko
..today's enemy is tomorrows friend and vici verci. Also some nations (Particulary Islamic ones) tend to blow tepid when dealing with their nieghbours. The point is you dont really know who are going to be our enemies tomorrow any more than the government. What if the Military in Argentina took hold of power tomorrow and retook the Manlvinas/Falklands? Can you gaurantee that wouldn't happen?? I think not. And if you do then please inform Mr Blair and his crew.
I think its been mentioned before but balance is the key here.
... as for CVF well (Gonna make a few enemies here) If The STOVL F35 survives then I dont think we need it. we should be looking at 2 large
LPH's Capable of operating a decent sized Airgroup if required.