I gave up.
Just like Britain, I gave up with it.
My two pence take...I no longer know what to think. We have a very, very small military and are operating way beyond our level of planned or budgeted-for capability.
Our military is too small, and our strategy in the hands of a distant political elite who cant seem to connect with the British person in the street.
The lads on HMS Ocean told me about what its like to be operating these days like this, in the fag end of the Royal Navy's days, when they were operating off the coast of Libya (another debacle really) a few years back. By "like this" I mean in a totally half arsed way, and it sounded bloody horrible. You've heard the stories in your own outfits, former outfits.
Swiss style defence force maybe, and stay at home?