Not to the British sector is he? That is what this is about. The writer reaches way too far when he characterizes all of Iraq. And maybe a tad too far for the British sector. If things are as hopeless there as he says, it's a bad situation but I blame the Brit approach more than anything. If it's broke, fix it. Somebody else fix it if the Brits can't or won't. And may God bless your son, mystery.
His Bn will be running the American base there...wherever that is in Basra....
The Brits are not about to pull a Falluja in Basra. This was an amazing operation that earned the respect of the radicals who do not want a repeat. This is the one thing these people understand.