Wrathmonk
Congratulations on spelling out the facts.
Mind you no doubt some (many?) will dispute them but not I am not among them.
In one of those coincidences that crop up in this life it happens that last night I had dinner with a defence related minister of that period in time and I said much as you have here, together with a few more personal details of the individuals involved and their motivation.
I got no arguement but a lot of very thoughtful looks that were I suspect about me (and perhaps my sources) rather than the topic.