Thursday, October 12, 2006

Cuttin' and Runnin', Wot

The head of the British Army has said the presence of UK armed forces in Iraq "exacerbates the security problems".

In an interview in the Daily Mail, Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, is quoted as saying the British should "get out some time soon".

He also said: "Let's face it, the military campaign we fought in 2003, effectively kicked the door in."...

In his interview, Sir Richard added that any initial tolerance "has largely turned to intolerance. That is a fact."

1 comment:

MT said...

Given what we know about its Iraq operations already, hearing that the U.S. military feels its hands are tied by the presence of European partners, I'd tell the military to keep those hands exactly where they are and not to move them. "Difficult to silence a ground-truth-privy critic who's an officer in another nation's army, wot?"