'In the end we are all the tools of politicians and are all bound by a particular code. That is what we are paid for. I prefer they actually make the case for the Armed Forces behind closed doors rather than watch another spat as we saw between some Services when the axe was about to fall.'
1. True enough, not in dispute.
2. On the point of making the case, I agree, I would prefer that he did, but given the outcome of SDSR, pardon me for being somewhat less than convinced that this mission, as CDS, not just a single-service head, actually achieved what it set out to.
He wasnt just chief of the air staff, he was CDS. If anyone should have had a full handle on it, it should have been him.
My apologies, but I've never been a "fan" since the day I first saw him.