Yet Another Crack in the Narrative

"Anonymous British commanders had told the UK’s Telegraph a couple of days ago that the Iraqi Army’s military operation in Basra was an “unmitigated disaster” and that the Iraqi commander leading it, General Mohan al-Freiji, is a “dangerous lunatic”.

It’s funny how the story never seems to get around to the point that the Iraqi Army managed to achieve in Basra what the British never could, namely, to control the city and smash the organized crime cartels."
talisman Gate

I think it has something to do with keeping up appearances. You know the British Empire Fucked up the world for so long, they cant seem to just stop now.