A British soldier patrols the northern suburbs of the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Photograph: Dave Clark/AFP/Getty images
From Instapundit:
HOW THE BRITISH BLEW IT IN BASRA: "You can accuse the Americans of many things, such as hamfistedness, but you can’t accuse them of not addressing a situation when it arises. While we had a strategy of evasion, the Americans just went in and addressed the problem."
As Greyhawk comments: "From the get go, they tried very hard to not be American. They succeeded." And they got great press on how much smarter than Americans they were, until things were obviously in the toilet, at which point the problem became America's fault!
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Mudville Gazette has a great compilation of newspaper quotes that followed the British invasion of Basra from 2003 to now. The link is here.
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My Comment: My gut tells me that more info will be coming out on the British experience in Basra within the next few months. Do not be surprised if the reviews become very cruel.