A war against guerillas in mountainous desert struck me from the outset as an unfavourable scenario for modern attack aircraft and weapons. I could not see for the life of me employment for the mass of hardware that the broadsheets said had been deployed to the region, once the Taliban air defences had been been eliminated. And that should not have taken more than 48 hours. I rather go along with Jack Straw's argument on Radio4 yesterday that the media have a voracious appetite for news, which means ACTION! A bit more patience is needed from the media and a bit less frantic activity from the air forces.
