The Insurgency in Basra - A Brief History

I think we were very worried about how this would work out. And indeed, all f that, you know, as revealed during the chilcott experience. I suspect it's one that frustrates you. For theres an old joke in the american army, which says, how many brits does it take to clear bazra? To which the answer is, none. They couldn't hold it, so they sent for the marines. No, i do remember all of that. And that er happened three or four years after i served there. The upshot of all that was it took the forces of the coalition as a whole, to resolve it. It collapsed again