Many here have expressed a level of dismay with regard to Dalton's defense of the MoD. Many seem to think that he was a better man than this episode may demonstrate. Others have expressed surprise that he "drew his revolver and pointed it directly at his foot". On can reasonably assume that, in order to reach his current position, the man is not a fool. Has anyone considered that the apparently errant shot from the revolver was, in fact, quite deliberately aimed?