Vascodegama,
I take your point, another of my questions I also noticed was asked earlier by Oberon. However, I joined the debate quite a way on and to my discredit didn't take sufficent time to read all of the previous posts before ending up paraphrasing.
But my points still hold, and yes indeed, should nothing else change then, all is fair in love and war as they say. But of course, the overriding aim here is personal opportunity, which if proved not to be a handicap is not a problem, simply that operational effectiveness has never been the first consideration.
FB