Mister-T - Although I'm usually quick to jump on the "kick Labour in the @rse" bandwagon the Tories weren't exactly tripping over themselves either to provide the MoD with the budget it needed for the task in hand.
I will agree though that the defence budget has been much more poorly handled by those lords and masters who have sent the armed forces of this country into two large scale operations at the same time, but rose-tinted specs may need to be removed when casting an eye back of Tory defence spending.