Oh yes. The alternative is that well known friend of services other than the Army, Mr Nicholas "Fatty" Soames............
Fox is probably the main reason MoD took "only" 8%, as opposed to the 15+ that HMT were after.
His behaviour with his mate appears to be questionable (sorry, f8cking stupid!), but don't conflate that with a desire to punish "someone" for the recent (and still to come) pain...
Be very careful what you wish for.