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Pukka Puck, other than the fact that I disagree with you, why am I an idiot? I'm sure than name calling served you well in the playground when you were ten years old, but it is a little on the lame side now.

Britain's long experience in Northern Ireland, and numerous other places, serves as evidence for my contention that they have more knowledge of urban peacekeeping operations than the US. The fact that American soldiers have opened fire on crowds and killed 15 Iraqi civilians, versus no such incidents for the British, is evidence of my belief that the Brits are doing a better job than us.

"The fact that American soldiers have opened fire on crowds and killed 15 Iraqi civilians, versus no such incidents for the British, is evidence of my belief that the Brits are doing a better job than us."

The Brits are in an area where folks with AK47 among crowds of civilians have not opened fire on them while Americans are in a much more hostile area where folks with AK47 among crowds of civilians have opened fire on them.

The Brits are in an area where no car bombers have blown them up at checkpoints, while at least two car bombers have killed American troops at checkpoints.

As FreedomCalls wrote in post #56 in regards to the shooting incident:

"Last week, Americans killed 15 people - among them two young boys - at Fallujah, an impoverished Shia area 30 miles west of Baghdad - when locals became angry at their occupation of the local school."

If I were the Telegraph's copy editor, I would re-write that sentence to this:

Last week, Americans killed 15 people - among them two young boys who were shooting AK-47s at them - at Fallujah, an impoverished Shia area 30 miles west of Baghdad - when ex-Ba'athist Party officials pretended to become angry at the Americans' occupation of the local school. They provoked a crowd of fellow Ba'athists to riot, even giving AK-47s to innocent 15-yer olds and taunting them to shoot at the Marines in an attempt to force the Marines to fire back in front of the pre-arranged CNN cameras. The ex-Ba'ath Party officials are struggling to get the Marines out of Fallujah so they can establish a foothold from which they can regain their lost power and authority.