‘Might as will go home with your tail between your legs Brits. Time to cowboy up.’
I agree. Now the US has elected a govt that has decided to surrender and run even if they have yet to agree the date, why should us Brits pretend this war is going anywhere good? As America has chosen surrender, what exactly do you expect us to do?
As for the insurgents who were arrested, when MI5 have finished with them, they will wish they had been shot. You don’t need to be a military genius to realise that intelligence is worth far more than another couple of dead arabs.
As I said earlier, from what I have heard, the British are just sitting back at their base and letting the mullahs run Basra. They have made no effort to control the city.
In a way, you can’t blame them. Tony Blair is on his way out, the Labour Party is pulling out and will not support any real action, and there is considerable risk that, as you say, American troops may also soon be pulled out if the Democrats gain control.
But it’s a sad business. Spain pulled out. Italy pulled out. France has fought on the other side since the beginning. And now Britain looks is if it wants to give up the fight, disband their fleet, and get cozy with Eurabia.