but, supposedly, Cameron was furious when he heard the full impact of the loss of the Nimrod capability, His decision, wasn't it??
Yes, but the politicians dont understand, as evidenced by this quote from the SDSR 15 thread. So they only appreciate the enormity of their decisions AFTER the event when it is invariably too late.
"I did brief a minister to point out this would cost £70 million to build new taxiways at Kandahar and that minister said to me 'Sherard ... I can't question the chief of the defence staff on this because I confess to you I don't know the difference between a Tornado and a torpedo'."