White House Retaliates Against UK For Withdrawal: ‘British Forces Have Performed Poorly’

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White House Retaliates Against UK For Withdrawal: ‘British Forces Have Performed Poorly’ In Iraq
This week, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that he would reduce British presence in Iraq from 5,500 troops to 4,500 by Christmas. The Guardian reports today that Brown will cut “significantly more than the 1,000 announced yesterday” by next year.

In response to the withdrawal announcement, the White House has decided to slander Britain. The London Telegraph reports today that a senior White House official has revoked Britain’s status of being “the closest Bush ally“:

“There’s concern about Brown,” a senior White House foreign policy official told The Daily Telegraph. “But this is compensated by the fact that Paris and Berlin are much less of a headache. The need to hinge everything on London as the guarantor of European security has gone.”

The White House official added that Britain would always be “the cornerstone” of US policy towards Europe but there was “a lot of unhappiness” about how British forces had performed in Basra and an acceptance that Mr Brown would pull the remaining 4,500 troops out of Iraq next year.

“Operationally, British forces have performed poorly in Basra,” said the official. “Maybe it’s best that they leave. Now we will have a clear field in southern Iraq.”

more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/03/white-house-britain-iraq/

[BOSSHOG]

1. All the british troops are phoneys

Oh what an awesome coalition bush can put together with his lies and conservative values.

[applegrove]

2. What a total bunch of nitwits the * WH is/are.

[Solly Mack]

3. lol what piss poor losers they are

[Old and In the Way]

4. There's your thanks! These architects of integrated incompetence

can criticize the only real coalition member that gave them cover? Classy.

[beberocks]

5. Ouch. Biting your only friend. Hopefully Brown will remember this--

and not be tempted to help * with his Iran war plans.

[annabanana]

6. nanny-nanny-poo-poo

(Thought I'd elevate the White House's diplomatic skills)

[Jim__]

7. Now we can do for Basra what we did for Baghdad! - n/t