[JimSEA]

I see, this explains why the US troups swept through all of Iraq to Bagdad while the Brits surrounded Basra waiting until the internal competing factions had killed each other off??

No, I don't really believe that but it illustrated how talking trash can go two ways.

[WaterDragon]

Exactly.

[Pukka Puck]

"I see, this explains why the US troops swept through all of Iraq to Baghdad while the Brits surrounded Basra waiting until the internal competing factions had killed each other off??"

Actually, the Brits surrounded Basra and then hung out on the outskirts of the city, waiting for the Americans to take Baghdad, thus making the defense of Basra moot, so that the Brits could then waltz in to Basra without a fight.