"One final point, he said "they had the right kit" yet a simple piece of paper on which the mine field was marked was not made available to the very people it could have saved, making the rescue unnecessary."
My understanding was that there simply weren't any maps of the minefield for the simple reason that Afghanistan is full of the things and we don't know where all of them are?
Much easier to blame someone for "incompetence" for not posessing psychic powers, than to accept that its not possible to know the location of every minefield going.
TJB is a top bloke who is very good at what he does. I'd echo the comments of those who have worked for him that he was in a difficult place. He is one of the finest flag officers that I've ever worked for.