[marron]

He’s right. We should have invited the Brits to help us in these operations. They had a lot to offer.

Of course, we did ask them, they did help, and they did bring a lot to the table.

And we appreciate it.

Not sure what Andrew’s point was, though.

[hinckley buzzard]

The boy they used to call "Randy Andy." If he has any words of wisdom from his adventures, besides how to get girls, I'm sure W would be delighted to hear from him.

[Justa]

"He’s right. We should have invited the Brits to help us in these operations. They had a lot to offer."

Just what the h#ll are you talking about? We gave them the MND SE (Basra AOR) to administer and just look how that turned out! They kept the administration to themselves and marginalized the locals who have a heavy Iranian influence. They chose not to confront the criminal syndicates and Iranians and were subsequently rolled up by the Al Quds, Mahdi and local Shia crime factions. In their aversion to battle and casualties they ended up losing face nearly every step along their way to be finally humiliated by piracy and confined to the airport!

Thank God we did things totally opposite from the Brits. We earned the respect of the Iraqis and now, grudgingly, the Iranians. And when we takeover the MND SE we'll have to clean up the mess they left behind which means stomping the now emboldend and coordinated Iranians, regional syndicates and local mobs and all their organizations in the AOR. It will be similar to the 2 years it took pacifying Anbar, maybe worse.

[mathurine]

And the Royals ought to listen to Ann Landers or any other common sense American and quit living like celebrity swine.