I would love to see his opinions on the growing threat from global piracy and how we protect our future energy requirements in the future, especially in his brown job world lots more troops is the answer?
Resource war anyone? Likely to be fought as a proxy war in a far flung land with state sponsorship of a despot regime. Like to see how useful thousands of extra troops will be without the mobility offered by Sea, force projection offered by a Sea/Air mix and air superiority provided. He would be well advised to read monty's comments on this issue for a start.
What concerns me most is the fact the article in the telegraph makes it blatantly clear he has not idea of where the most likely threat to UK security will come from.
Lots of extra boots on the ground might be cheap and impressive on paper (great for politicians) unfortunately, its F*ck all use to protect out way of life, especially with the way the world is going over the next 50 years.