A better ally than most but their stationing in Basra reminded me of the WW2 policy that allowed them to bomb Germany during the night and forced the US to bomb during the day. Its like-Thanks for helping but don’t be such a wuss about it.
Just a few days ago:
“Battle to retake Basra was ‘complete disaster’”
‘Senior sources have said that the mission was undermined by incompetent officers and untrained troops who were sent into battle with inadequate supplies of food, water and ammunition.
They said the failure had delayed the British withdrawal by “many months”.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004181/posts