CM & JR
I totally agree with your points. Those who have been so quick to emasculate the Armed Forces should consider the speed with which our 'capability gaps' have been highlighted to the rest of the world and left us found wanting. We are viewed as being an embuggerance to any military foray as we can never achieve without the aid of superior forces.
Regrettably, any credibility the UK may have had has evaporated in a puff of party political hot air. The Emperor's new clothes have long gone.
