Think youre all being a little bit sensitive over SASless's post.
SASless who knows, you could be right, i reckon looking at the history books that Gen Hague used to decide in a morning whether he would send 5, 10 or 20 thousand men to their deaths fighting for 1.5metres of real estate that day, on whether nanny brought eggs, scones or kippers for breakfast that day. He made Gen Melchitt on Blackadder look sane (dont know if you have seen the ' BlackAdder goes Forth' series in the states - well worth buying on vid or DVD). It all lends weight to your 'lets win a fiver' conspiracy.
It would almost be as bizzarre as some american guy, maybe a president, sending thousands of american troops to their death so that he and his mates, could secure his families oil business for good, and make all of them billions of dollars in the construction and arms companies that they own. Not possible really is it! but hey if it could happen for a plate full of kippers and a fiver??