Henman failed, it doesn't mean he was cr@p. It just means he wasn't good enough.
In the words of the great philosopher
"Losers do their best, winners go home and @#'# the prom queen"
The last few are losers.
Many died for nothing and the blood is at least partly on their hands. Those are the perks of command.
No, I wouldn't be better at the job, not my thing, politics. I like flying.