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2007-05-03 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

UK, US must admit defeat in Iraq: says British general

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Posted by Sherry 2007-05-03 10:56|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He also said that the catastrophes predicted after the US withdrawal from Vietnam in the 1960s never happened...

I should have a couple of my Vietnamese friends tell him about their little boat trips to get here back in the seventies.
Convenient knowledge of history you've got there, general.

Posted by tu3031 2007-05-03 11:20|| 2007-05-03 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 In his latest interview with Newsnight, the general drew similarities between the tactics of the Iraqi insurgents, who he warned would not give up, and the US War of Independence against the British over 200 years ago.

Odd... had the colonials fought by setting off bombs in market places, schools, and churches, I'd have expected to have that thrown into my face by every other leftist, yet I've never heard of any such tactics.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-05-03 11:49|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-05-03 11:49|| Front Page Top

#3 What's with these senior idiots who are so useful to the brain-dead "critics"? Rose doesn't sound very familiar with the most basic facts in Iraq. Not that such ignorance is any bar to being taken seriously by most journalists and all childish "critics" who know only how to offer empty criticism and 20/20 hindsight, bereft of historical or functional literacy, constructive alternative, or moral content.

Posted by Verlaine 2007-05-03 11:54|| 2007-05-03 11:54|| Front Page Top

#4 In his latest interview with Newsnight, the general drew similarities between the tactics of the Iraqi insurgents, who he warned would not give up, and the US War of Independence against the British over 200 years ago.

Screw you, Rose.

Posted by mrp 2007-05-03 12:10|| 2007-05-03 12:10|| Front Page Top

#5 General Sir Michael Rose-one of Britain's most distinguished generals must be having [a dangerous] senior moment. How else do you explain his break with reality?

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-03 12:18|| 2007-05-03 12:18|| Front Page Top

#6 An army which can go anywhere at anytime at will, with remarkably [if not unprecedented] low desertion and AWOL rates, and filling the ranks by recruiting not drafting, defeated? Heh.

Georgie where are you when we need you to get their attention. Smack the man a few time to get him to snap out of it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-05-03 14:09|| 2007-05-03 14:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Blair should be held accountable in Parliament. He cannot just walk away from this in a few weeks' time

Classic Blair Derangement Syndrome(BDS).

I seem to have found my lost "b".

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-03 14:41|| 2007-05-03 14:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Reminds me of the famous assessment of the British Army:

"Lions led by Jackasses."

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2007-05-03 15:00|| 2007-05-03 15:00|| Front Page Top

#9 Let me guess. He commanded the Royal Marines.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-05-03 15:09|| 2007-05-03 15:09|| Front Page Top

#10 OK. They admit it. Now what?

Posted by gromgoru 2007-05-03 17:20|| 2007-05-03 17:20|| Front Page Top

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