bystanderish,
You mention, “making statements about other forces that are not only derogatory but inaccurate. However(!) following your lead”
Sadly, it is arguable that you have been hung by your own petard! FA2 is at least as accurate as any RAF aircraft in the free fall bombing mode (see last year’s Inter-service Bombing competition). Of course free fall can’t hold a flag to LGB (which the FA2 can drop if a lazing unit is ashore)! So don’t compare oranges (free fall from FA2) with lemons (LGB from GR7) and pretend to be giving an authoritative statement!
You are right to question the following even though you have quoted it out of context:
“If only the FA2 had not been described as the only ac with a 'credible, expeditionary, offensive capability'”
I should have said, “the only available a/c with a 'credible, expeditionary, offensive capability' that meets the air defence needs of a JTF and that also contribute to the Air-to-Ground Attack tasks.”
I stand corrected! Do come out of the shadows again soon!