Comments on: Deal Gone Bad: British Reveals a Deal with a Prisoner that Led to Their Withdrawal — and Lawlessness — In Basra http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Mon, 28 May 2012 11:33:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: eudtnj crdsi http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/#comment-21815 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:21:43 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=3013#comment-21815 btpziv vbhucwskg jsdtmey ksxo xtzdfjl zbtkcrf uwshe

]]> By: alfredo http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/#comment-19633 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:42:45 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=3013#comment-19633 It might have been a bit of wishful thinking that they could leave and everything would be hunky dory. Iraq is broken, it will never be fixed.

]]> By: rafflaw http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/#comment-19625 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:18:40 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=3013#comment-19625 It looks like Briitsh have some serious egg to clean off their faces on this one. How many British soldiers lost their lives or were injured when they left and how many more British and American and Iraqi soldiers were injured or killed in order to gain control of the city? In most professions, an error of that magnitude would cost some jobs. Who lost their job over this huge blunder?

]]> By: mespo727272 http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/#comment-19566 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:12:56 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=3013#comment-19566 martha (probably martha h):

“Come on JT: not everybody in America is as gullible as you think.”
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Some are much more.

]]> By: Jill http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/#comment-19561 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:00:56 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=3013#comment-19561 I remember when this withdrawl took place it was covered quite differently in the US and Britan. In the US it was touted as a major success. At the same time on the BBC it was reported to be a somewhat illusory accomplishment. They reported things were so dangerous in Basra that it had taken the troops hours to get to the very nearby airport where they encamped and stayed.

It is so difficult to get any idea of what is really happening in Iraq. When even the MSM of two allies present the same event in a totally different light I know we’re not being given accurate information. If someone has found a consistently good source for info, would you please post to this site?

]]> By: martha http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/#comment-19559 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:51:06 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=3013#comment-19559 I rather doubt there is an ounce of truth to this story.

Seriously now, coming here and reading the trash news posted here is almost as bad as the NYT….

Come on JT: not everybody in America is as gullible as you think.

]]> By: zakimar http://jonathanturley.org/2008/08/03/deal-gone-bad-british-reveals-a-deal-with-a-prisoner-that-led-to-their-withdrawal-and-lawlessness-in-basra/#comment-19540 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:58:03 +0000 http://jonathanturley.wordpress.com/?p=3013#comment-19540 I find it hard to believe that the British are inept and got something wrong. But then again, the smartest Brits, Benny Hill and John Cleese didn’t join the Army for some reason.

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