WEBF
Surely the fact that both the UK and France have decided to deploy attack helicopters demonstrates that both London and Paris want the ability to hit more targets and an increased ability to respond quickly to events on the ground?
Quite possibly you are right. Next step will be boots on the ground
But I guess you and Sharkey will need to start attacking the Apache as well now as it seems to be able to do the Harrier job without the need for a full size carrier