Stott says that going into things half-supported because we really don't want to commit the needed forces is natural and nonpartisan. I'm not sure I agree it's not politically conditioned, but even so, there's still the choice of which things we go into with delayed support and which we don't go into at all. Do we choose to go undermanned into Bosnia and Kosovo, or into Afghanistan and Iraq, or into Rwanda and Sudan?
Ignoring Katrina for the moment