What's his issue with GCAS in Afghanistan? I've not heard any complaints....? Similarly, I didn't think we were doing any sort of GCAS on Op ELLAMY, which rather makes response time moot. We don't have any boots on the ground to support there per se, so all sorties surely have to be planned to meet the ATO.
In an ideal world all our jets would carry all our weapons, but in reality I'd take the jet with Storm Shadow, RAPTOR and Brimstone over a faster response time when there's not a lot to respond to.