I have just hit the delete button rather than post what I was about to, frankly my piss is boiling with anger and I have already spent long enough on the phone with £6 on this subject today. I could be arguing the point till we are all blue in the face.
I will say a couple of things:
1. 9 years service and counting thanks. Operated with the yanks before, mixed feelings about them. Good guys, overly gung-ho at times which worries me and a lot of Brits.
2. You can argue this from all sides with endless possibilities, just as you can a TEWTS.
3. Last time in the Gulf we lost more servicemen to blue-on-blue than to enemy action. Thus far the same tally applies. It is about time some difficult questions were asked of the Americans.
4. I'm entitled to my opinion even if it disagrees with yours.