GBZ - That's pretty much along the lines that I'm thinking and it grieves me too!
The General Public do not realise - just yet.. that the cuts have now gone too far and capabilities have been lost; maybe for ever.
You can only cut the forces so far, before their existence is just a facade with nothing holding it together.
Maybe they can still talk the talk, but thats about as far as it goes unless you start threatening the use of Nuclear Weapons at a much earlier stage!
It's enough to make you weep..