I just want to add my congratulations to Sir Michael for saying what needed to be said - not before time! When is the government going to realise that we (the Armed Services) are continually being stretched further and further beyond the limits? Some will say that we have been beyond this threshold for a while now. Personnel, assets, budgets and equipment decrease while the size and number of the Military Tasks remain! I suspect that this episode, however, will go unnoticed in a year's time and indeed the only way the problem will gain attention is by sustaining massive losses in conflict - let's hope that it does not come to that!
A note to A Civilian - I suggest that you accept the corner that you are now in and put down the shovel - do you work for BafHoon?
