Mr Purdey - ...then I suggest you read the responses again.
As a serving member I "might" find your comment offensive and out of touch. For you to suggest that any past or present serving member "might" "gloat" at the situation we are all facing is disappointing and I feel you have let yourself down.
What you will garner fom reading the responses is a reluctant but overwhelming notion of "we told you so". Those at the coalface know the "difficulties" all too well, yet there was a slight glimmer of light when the PAC validated a fact we are all aware of but the MoD denied. Hence an "I told you so" approach.