Agreed.
I had the good fortune to meet a group of retired US Navy Officers while on a fishing holiday on Chesapeake Bay. They were remarkably candid, open & supportive of the British stance. And the list of prepared assistance they discussed to offer was mind blowing. I think they were a bit peeved to only be asked for a variant of missile, kerosene & replace RN's STANFORLANT & the RAF's NATO commitments.
More fixed 'bases' in the SA would take the pressure off our overstretched, overburdened & undersupported forces though. A couple of 'mini-ASI's' wouldn't be a step backwards.
