Troop Pullout

Repeat after me - "It's All Under Control".

Brits stand down, Iraqis stand aside, parrot falls over

British troops pulled out of a base in southern Iraq on short notice Thursday, and by Friday evening the base was completely stripped as a heavily outnumbered Iraqi army brigade watched while some 5,000 looters “stole everything — even the bricks.” The Brits responded to the news with classic stiff upper lip-ism. Quoting from the Washington [...]

Tags: Iraq War, British Troops, Iraqi Army