Government ‘gave public false hopes’ on achieving Iraq goals(Britain)

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Source: TimesOnline

The Government as a whole gave the public “false and inflated expectations” of what could be achieved by British troops in Iraq, its top military adviser has admitted to The Times.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the Chief of Defence Staff, said that it would take “many years” for conditions to improve substantially in Basra. He also revealed that there were no plans to establish a “permanent British base” in Iraq.

In a wideranging interview, Sir Jock was also sceptical of the call by General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the Army, for homecoming parades for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. “I think a lot of units wouldn’t want parades,” he said.

Sir Jock decided to speak out because of his growing concern that the public are failing to appreciate what the British troops have been doing in southern Iraq.

Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2610058.ece

[spindoctor]

1. The Brits were given expectations?

I don't recall getting those here, unless you want to count finding WMD's, bringing democracy or capturing Bin Laden.

So what were the Brittish expecting to get out of it?

[dickbearton]

2. The Nazi Neocons in Britain lied to the British...

Like the Criminal Bush and his Nazi Neocons lied to the
Americans.

[independentpiney]

3. Sir Jock Stirrup? could you make up a better name

for a british military guy

[truebrit71]

4. I was just thinking the same thing!!!

:rofl:

[Greeby]

5. His real first name is Graham and he's my uncle

Stirrup is my mother's maiden name. And yes, we've heard all the jokes many times over