If you’re British, that is.
That’s right, one more in the “coalition of the willing” is saying it’s time to pack it in.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that the combat duties of British troops in Basra, Iraq will cease in two weeks. Brown says the troops will switch to training roles and Iraqis will take over defense.
Furthermore, Brown says the 4,500 troops in Iraq will be cut to 2,500 by early 2008. On top of that, he is saying that the remaining troops may all be out of Iraq by March 2008.
However, the most telling detail in all of this is what Brown said in regards to why he feels the troops can leave:
“Since Our Boys withdrew from Basra’s city centre and palace to the airport a few miles away back in September attacks on them have fallen by 90 per cent.”
Did you get that? After they left, the violence went down. In other words, they quit occupying a city and the citys’ residents stopped attacking them. Did you hear that President Bush?
I’m sure this detail will be conveniently ignored in the coverage of Britain’s withdrawl.
So, Britain’s basically out. When are we leaving?
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