How the hell can that happen? So if Saddam had thought "Sod it, I'm not waiting to get attacked, I'm going for Al-Khafji II" we would have had a kicking?
Surely that's just not possible, I mean, the guys must have had more ammunition. What about the rounds they'd have had for range work etc. Surely the QM's were holding war stocks? Wait one, Liney you're right. That programme the other night , showed 1BW receiving 20t of ammunition, but that wasn't till a couple of days before launch I think.... :-/
Mr Hoon told the committee that despite the press reports, "all the requisite numbers of boots and clothing and equipment were there".
He added: "I am still waiting to see any signs of apology from either individual journalists or from their editors."
Words absolutely fail me. I don't dare type what I'm thinking
If DLO need a new procurement and distribution system, start by
1. Sacking those useless CANTS who can't write software for toffee, as they continually prove, but the Government keeps using them
2. Go to Tescos or Sainsburys, and ask to licence their JIT systems, they work, they're proven, and the work and a great deal more pressure, than peacetime Army systems. They'd be a bloody sight cheaper too. No hang on, that won't work, it makes sense.