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We were pretty crap that day. However that defeat and the whole campaign did eventually lead to the vital Haldane reforms. Our only hope is we can have a 21st Century version. Maybe Williams and Lamb...

Apologies Infanteer. I made the same points as above in an earlier post in the thread but deleted it as the wording was inappropriate.

1st. Infanteers arguments as they have developed (rather than his initial and valid point) are perhaps for another thread.

2nd If the Paras are guilty of underplaying the role of the Canadiains...

It was covered in some detail by Patrick Bishop in "Ground Truth" 2009.

Anyone seen Robert Fox's review of his book ? Can't find a link but it is worth a read.

Also Reid didn't take the decision to go into Helmand, he just implemented it, remember he was a political...