Originally Posted by FJJP
We cannot continue to put assests on three theatres simultaneously. It's about time that the powers that be cut the cloth according to the available assets, rather than stretch our Forces to breaking point - which is the way we are heading, which will be at the expense of the men on the ground.
Problem is nobody is telling the politicos that we're at breaking point and it won't become a public issue until there aren't any a/c for flybys or guards outside Buckingham Palace. Besides, what does breaking point mean? Deaths? Defeat?
HM Government won't listen and HM Forces can't say no, so we're on a collision course for a hiding. Stories such as "Have You Ever Used a Pistol?" show clearly we're not coping - CAS should have been instantaneous - and shows the very pinnacle of our forces are now suffering.
Independent review anyone?