Of course, the fact that Strategy exists
to derive from the [policy] aim a series of military objectives to be achieved: to assess these objectives as to the military requirements they create, and the pre-conditions which the achievement of each is likely to necessitate: to measure available and potential resources against the requirements and to chart from this process a coherent pattern of priorities and a rational course of action.
Alanbrooke, quoted in British Defence Doctrine
Means that all those who whine on about financial constraints and the current EP simply don't get it.