Hostility between British and American military leaders revealed

Daily Telegraph by Andrew Gilligan | Nov. 22, 2009 (News Report)

The deep hostility of Britain's senior military commanders in Iraq towards their American allies has been revealed in classified Government documents leaked to the Daily Telegraph. In the papers, the British chief of staff in Iraq, Colonel JKTanner, described his US military counterparts as “a group of Martians” for whom “dialogue is alien,” saying: “Despite our so-called ‘special relationship,’ I reckon we were treated no differently to the ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Nov 22, 2009 - 4:40 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 23, 2009

Quite interesting revelations from the Brits, very little note of responses from the Martians.

“The whole system was appalling. We experienced real difficulty in dealing with American military and civilian organisations who, partly through arrogance and partly ... More »

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