This is a very silly article.
Did anyone imagine that western troops will stay in Iraq forever? We Brits want to be out because when the USA bombs Iran, we don’t want to be in a Shi’ite neighbourhoood. Also, if the Muslim tw*ts can’t sort themselves out by now, why should our boys suffer in the process?
“This is a very silly article.
Did anyone imagine that western troops will stay in Iraq forever?”
Absolutely. Who the hell is this defeatist author anyway? Maybe he should go back and try to remember what the plan for Iraq was in the first place??
Wait it’s coming back to me: get rid of Saddam, allow the Iraqi’s to install a democratic government of their choosing, train up their security forces to the point where they had the ability to take responsibility for their own country and then let them do it.
British forces have carried through on the plan and handed over control in all the provinces in the South (and Basra is just the last in that process which started about a year ago) and suddenly dimwit defeatists like this author are coming out to declare defeat! Did he declare defeat and surrender when the US handed over control of three provinces in the North, I wonder?
You just made the author's point:
It (Europe) never fights even the worst evils, not even to halt genocides in Kosovo, Rwanda and the Sudan. It is "pacifist" -- meaning that it will squeeze every drop of advantage out of Saddam Hussein and the Mullahs of Iran, while expecting the United States to do the heavy lifting. And then it goes into screaming fits when the US acts to protect Europe's own vital oil supply through the Gulf. Europe is now a hysterical old woman.
I respect and admire the British soldier. I've worked side by side with the Royal Marines in Southeast Asia and Iraq. However I do agree with many of the author's points. I'm not in favor of completely pulling out of NATO, but I think all parties should sit down and discuss relationships and responsibilities.
The United States has no greater friend than the UK... but I wonder if the UK's feelings are mutual.
Sorry to wax long winded but one final point is this FRiend, Iran wants nuclear weapons. Period. Anyone who thinks differently is burying their head in the sand.