With other countriese pulling their troops out of Iraq, or at least talking rather loudly about it, it seems our closest ally in the war on Iraq is not sending any more troops to Iraq.
Tony Blair has ruled out sending more British troops to Iraq despite the worsening security situation.
The Prime Minister told the Commons yesterday that the Government was satisfied there were sufficient troops in Basra. “We don’t have plans to increase that number,” he said.
Mr Blair added that the situation would be kept under review, “but at the present time British troops are managing extremely well down there”.
Not quite the same as pulling out, but clearly the Brits are now thinking they’re in deep enough and that it’s time to stop digging.