Whilst having his backside chewed by the US Congress, General Petraeus praised the British army for what we have done in our AOR! He praised they way we have trained the ISF. He also said that we had followed our aims and goals of the last four years, in bringing stability to our Iraqi neighbours in our area and to the second biggest city in Iraq (Basra).
In doing this we have began to reduce our man power and by leaving the City to the people that live there.
He used this to justify some of his reasons for wanting to down size his forces. Basically if the Brits can do it so can they

In doing this we have began to reduce our man power and by leaving the City to the people that live there.
He used this to justify some of his reasons for wanting to down size his forces. Basically if the Brits can do it so can they