NEWS: British Get Sassy On Their Way Out Of Iraq

POLITICS: British Get Sassy On Their Way Out Of Iraq

The British have begun leaving their last base in Basra. 550 soldiers are withdrawing from the Basra Palace and heading to an airbase seven miles away. Mortars and rockets have been raining down on the palace daily, which is not a good sign. The withdrawal will take days to complete. US officials are worried that the withdrawal will lead to a violent power struggle between Shiite militias. But, don’t worry because…

Hey, island elves, I don’t even know what the fuck “autumn” means. We call it fall. You’re not better than us.

The good news is that the Iraqi military sent hundreds of soldiers to keep a lid on things. As we all know, the Iraqi military is a kick ass organization and never takes sides in a conflict between militias. Get ready for more death squads, Basra!

The US is upset the British are leaving because after the January 2005 election, the city of Basra “fell under the influence” of Shiite militias. US officials are concerned Iran will gain more control over southern Iraq, which is retarded because almost all of southern Iraq has ties to Iran. Get over it, when we got rid of Saddam we gave Iran a big present called Southern Iraq. Just let the inevitable happen, already. The place is already fucked.

A Brussels based think-tank recently released a report that claimed militias were already destabilizing Basra and locals thought British forces were being driven out.

So, that is good, right? Next month, Prime Minister Gordon Brown will unveil his new strategy for Iraq. It is expected the British will withdraw, which would cause problems for the US. Supply lines from Kuwait to Baghdad could be severed and the oil fields could be further exposed to insurgent attacks.

Meanwhile, British General Sir Mike Jackson decided to start talking some serious shit this weekend. I think the island elves call it “taking a piss”.

You're not better than us because you're right.

The British seem to believe there was an end planned for the war before it started. That is so cute! The Elvin General thought security would be handed over to the Iraqis once their security forces were trained. Who knows where they come up with these crazy ideas?

What the hell do we need supply lines for?

I was going to start growing corn in the sand behind my tent. anyway.

"taking THE piss", not "taking a piss"....unless of course you're taking the piss.... either way, you're a piss-artist

Haha. Speaking of island elves, surround him with a herd of chavs and see how quaint the English seem.

Speaking as an American in the UK, you people scare me!

Thanks....and you're irrelevant.

Yeah, they're probably trying to go waaay out of their way not to use the word "fall" in conjunction with the names of any Iraqi cities.

I wish I hadn't laughed at that.

The language is English, as in originated in England, hence autumn is the correct term for the season, not fall, which means something completely different this side of the pond.

And it's tuh-mah-to not tuh-may-to while i'm at it

On topic tho', yes, Iraq is even more messed up now that before and i don't think the presence of us/uk forces there or no will make a squirt of difference to the next 20 years of the country's history. We shouldn't have meddled in it's affairs years ago and sadly have not learned any lessons from that mistake.

Bombed to the stone age, sanctions, 000's of dead innocent civilians. Yeah, an extra 200,000 troups should finish the job alright.

Time to take a piss....

Nah, we don't use the word fall because it's WRONG! Wrong DIDDLY wrong-wrong to be exact. And as for this whole story, you know you might wanna not take the piss out of the only country that still likes you. That in itself is a small miracle given the American tradition of blowing us up when we go to war together. What the hell is friendly about that? I will hold my hands up and admit the only reason we are out there is because Tony Blair had his tongue crammed so far up Bush's ass that, well, I can't think of a good analogy. You get the idea.

It's funny when Englishmen get mad. They're so cute.

To all my Island Elf brothers, I think we shouldn't get upset with FTR's, well, rantings I think you can call them - I believe he's attempting sarcasm!

It's a rather clumsy effort, but 10 out of 10 for the attempt all the same

Ah, bless...

i'm an island pigeon, not an elf, damn you.

You seem to believe that we feel the need to even HAVE allies. Didn't you KNOW, we never needed you there? I don't believe this war was ever really justified (but the men and women fighting it have my support), but it's not like your pissy little country and its TENS or soldiers are doing much of precisely DICK to shoulder the burden.

As allies go, the U.K. the rest of the coalition equates to the person who volunteers to pull the truck into the yard after the other guy hauled the freight 10,000 miles without a break.

Wanna know why we blow you idiots up? You don't know when to stay the fuck out of our way! Our boys are out there, risking their necks for YOUR oil too, but all you fucks can kick down is HOW many? A couple thousand? Take them and go.

Sure, there was no exit strategy planned, and sure it's a total clusterfuck. Sure, our world-class piece of shit leaders got us into this mess. But personally, I could give a rat's ass about what you and the rest of your little island of surrender-monkeys think of America. Why? Magic number:1776. Ring a bell? And you guys have been giving us rimjobs ever since, over every little conflict that comes your way.

So excuse me, but I'm with FTR here. Far as I am concerned, he can "take the piss" out of any country he wants, given how little help you all have actually been.

Someone needs to switch to decaf.

And maybe have a lobotomy.

Do I sense a Conan O'Brien-esqe, FearTheReaper Hates My Homeland series coming up?

but would you make a good pie though ?

HAHAHAHA! The UK have some of the best military forces in the world! That's why most of yours are trained by ours numbnutz. You're entitled to your opinion though. It's just wrong. WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!!! You must be proud knowing 90% of the planet hates your country though.

Make that two people who would benefit from lobotomies.

Or at least benefit the rest of us by having them.

@ the posts in this thread.

[sarcasm] I really cannot fathom why most countries outside of the U.S. view us as retarded. [/sarcasm]

Wow. Speaking of things up asses, I believe you may want to remove the stick from yours. It's just making you irritable.

My money is with Barbados.

Ummm...actually, I think you'll find that we are.

Oh, and by the way, there's no such thing as a 'sidewalk', you can't spell 'theatre', and FOR FUCKS SAKE WILL YOU PEOPLE PLEASE LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE 'ALUMINIUM'!!!

love and kisses.

Or why other countries might also be viewed as retarded?

See post immediately preceding.

Why cant we all just get along as an Englishman im glad our country is pulling out of the War and i think the US should do the same theres no shame in it i mean it wouldnt be the first time you have done it

Before you can train someone, you have to speak the same language...