Originally Posted by pr00ne
The British armed forces are NOT shrinking to the point at which they are becoming unable to do their job just because you say they are. As they are currently only deployed in one theatre to the tune of 4,000 personnel until the end of this year I hardly see that we have 'too few of everything.' WHAT do you want more military kit for?
As a Barrister you undoubtedly realise that your point hinges upon a contention that armed forces should be scaled according only to the needs of current operations. This would be quite a novel approach to defence policy and it is mischievous of you to use it as a basis upon which to attack other views without first offering it for debate. In the absence of other learned friends I think you were rather hoping that your straw man would be accepted, aided by a bit of lawyerly swagger in the incorrect capitalisation of your profession. It would behove you well to use your intellectual horsepower to contribute to the policy debate instead of using it to take cheap shots at others; from your lofty perch you appear to disregard the notion that there might be members of lower-case professions capable of engaging on your intellectual level.