This is what happens when you interview a Cold War Warrior about COIN campaign tactics that he is clearly Cluedo about. He should stick to stories about switch pigz and re-attacks...
John Nichol, a former RAF navigator who was held captive in the Gulf War of 1991, said the difficulty with the mission was that IS does not have military infrastructure such as air fields or weapon dumps which can be destroyed.
"If there are no IS fighters on the ground and we're talking of a pick-up truck with some weaponry on the back - then there is nothing to attack.
"If IS know that the air assets are up there to hunt them down, they're not stupid, they're going to be hiding amongst the civilian population."
JN, what on earth do you think the Tornado GR Force have been doing in Afghanistan for the past 5 years or so!
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