I’ve been saying for a very long time – back to 2006, I think, but the earliest TYReference I can find is that the difference among European countries that hopped into Iraq with both feet and those that didn’t is the difference between those who had independent satellite imaging and those who didn’t. This is therefore one of very few political proposals of mine that happened.
The top brass have learned, even if there’s little sign that the “centrist” politicians have?
There’s also been some push since 2009-ish from the Department of Whatever It’s Called This Week.