At the risk of fanning the flames, which wasn't my intention.. the GR1's deployed the only system we (the west) had that could deny large areas. Durandel didnt even come close. They did it in the manner with which they were trained and delivered the ordnance successfully. And at a cost, even if that cost generally came in the delivery of dumb bombs used (as I understand it) defence suppression. When we didn't need to - we didn't. The timing of that particular decision is the the current bone of contention.
we did what we were supposed to do, and that's what I want to hear about.