Hangar,
You know what, you're right - I'm bloody annoyed with myself for getting drawn into this ridiculous non debate.
I'm not sure I see your logic on the history side - if we took that line to it's logical conclusion, we wouldn't have a Navy, Army or Air Force - I'm pretty sure that most could point out mistakes/errors made by all the services - does that mean they should all get the heave ho?
As for the Basra point - can't really comment. That said, we could all once again point out similar errors/failures to succeed amongst all 3 services.
All in all - Mr May has spouted some, in my view utter rubbish, and I am not convinced that your 2 points support the disband argument.