Sorry but I fail to share your outrage.
Alfred the Great made no comment about the loss of XV230 but merely expressed an opinion as to the general use of the Nimrod as an ISTAR platform. I suspect the relatives won't care what "someone on the internet" thinks about MPA multi-tasking as a) it in no way questions the professionalism with which the crew of XV230 took on the job with which they were tasked and b) it won't bring their loved ones back. XV230 could just have easily as met it's tragic fate coming off the tanker over the North Sea on a training sortie.
I could say that the conflict in Afghanistan (and Iraq) isn't worth the hundreds of lives it has cost this country to date. I'm clearly entitled to that opinion but it does in no way denigrate the sacrifices those servicemen and women made whilst carrying out their duties.
It is possible to discuss these matters without considering every contentious comment made to be a slur on those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.