Yes, Dannatt needs a truly good shoeing for his "boots on the ground" comments - if we had been given the assets to do the air campaign properly in Afghanistan then would it be going differently for us now?
Here is a history lesson from the RAF's last piece of desert action that was properly resourced (and not half-hearted like GW1 and GW2):
"During the fighting in the Western Desert of North Africa, the Royal Air Force conducted a land-based interdiction campaign against Axis motorized transport supply columns which was guided by intelligence. It was this campaign, and not the Ultra-driven sea interdiction campaign, which was responsible for the destruction of the bulk of Axis supply. The impact of land-based interdiction totally destroyed the morale and fighting ability of the Axis forces at El Alamein in late 1942, and set a pattern for operations which was replayed with success throughout the remainder of the war."
If any of Mr Cameron's aids read this then please take heed...
LJ