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| Iraq |
| Our departure from Iraq ends a dismal period in our military history |
| 2009-03-31 |
| Michael Portillo, in Basra, says that Britain has been humiliated: by committing too few troops, by failing to support the US surge, by showing more interest in spin than reality. If Basra is relatively calm, that has little do with us |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 In BRITAIN'S DEFENSE, when the ISLAMIST HIDDEN IMAM-MAHDI makes His Appearance, ALL THINGS EQUAL HE WILL PROB PRIORITIZE THE DEFEAT ANDOR DESTRUCTION OF US MILFORS [Eli-i-i-te Units] IN IRAQ-ME AFORE THE BRITS. D *** NG IT, WE CAN'T HAVE A "DECISIVE/ APOCALYPTIC" BATTLE WITHOUT OUR DECISIVE/ APOCALYP PLAYERS, NOW CAN WE - YOU JUST KNOW OSAMA's FAV MTV BABE WHITNEY HUSTON WON'T STAND FOR IT!? NOT EVEN MADONNA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-31 19:09 |
| #4 The same 'Labour Government' that betrayed kith & kin and along with the help of Carter and Young, installed Mugabe. Some things, they simply cannot change. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-03-31 12:33 |
| #3 Blair's Government tried to do the job on the cheap. Some Brits mouthed off about the superiority of the softly softly approach without realising that that only works if you're carrying a Big Stick. The British Army in Basra was a small, if wily, man carrying a twig. And he wasn't even allowed to use that to best effect. The shame lies with the Labour Governments. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2009-03-31 12:20 |
| #2 It is sad because the Brits came in saying the US was doing this and that wrong and there way was awesome and the only way and in reality the one thing the US did right in the long run, the one thing we usually do right and rarely get credit for is adapt. I'm not sure the British (whose culture once was very adaptable) adapted to the situation very much. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-03-31 11:26 |
| #1 If Basra is relatively calm, that has little do with us Wait until they leave, and see that happens. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-31 08:44 |