More commentary today, some good, some expected, you decide which they are.

Ex-Para officer, now a Labour MP:http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/ju...-cheap-britain

An ex-brigadier, now at IISS:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...ighting-future

More a strategic comment by an academic:http://kingsofwar.org.uk/2012/07/no-...-vital-organs/

Finally try this cartoon:http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/car...l-defence-cuts

Apologies my IT skills are not enough to cut & paste this into a post.