Chug,
I thought that the passing reference to the "Service Chiefs" was rather too little in both the blame and opprobrium stakes.
IMHO, the 'essay' was a reasonably balanced piece, and allocated a fair portion to the criticism of senior serving officers. I wouldn't have thought that the comments that
"Senior Serving Officers must take their share of the blame etc, etc"
and
"There exists an odour to their hypocrisy"
justify your own claim that
I thought that the passing reference to the "Service Chiefs" was rather too little in both the blame and opprobrium stakes.