The Brits, as well as the Western countries, have yet to learn that in order to preserve civilization in the face of murderous fanaticism, it takes civilized men doing very uncivilized deeds in order to preserve their way of life.
They cherish their civility and only when their backs are at a wall will they then defend their countries to the death...They need to learn that the time to act is now while the enemy is weak and uncoordinated, rather than later when they have nuclear weapons and the reckless abandon to use them to conquer the weak Western countries...
But these civilized people will never learn until it is too late..That is one advantage the US military has: it can take ordinary citizens and turn them into fighting machines who know how to get the job done...The Brits and the world can thank their lucky stars the Yanks are there fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan..The Canadians and Australians have learned well and are fighting alongside our troops..