Britain Rules Out Troop Pullout Timetable

[sintax]

Britain Rules Out Troop Pullout Timetable


Friday August 19, 2005 11:46 PM

LONDON (AP) - Britain reiterated Friday that it had ruled out setting a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, saying British troops will stay as long as they are needed.

Defense Secretary John Reid wrote in Friday's edition of The Times newspaper that Britain would pull out only when Iraqi security forces are able to defend the population.

``We will withdraw from Iraq when the job is done, not before,'' Reid wrote.

The remarks echo recent comments made by U.S. officials, including President Bush, who has also rejected a timetable.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5221495,00.html

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. That's all the proof I need that GB is as stupid as we are.

[unhappycamper]

2. Hey Tony!

Mission Accomplished!

Dubya said so. It's OK to go home now.

[CHIMO]

3. Again And Again And

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1.
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.


2.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Their's not to make reply,
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.


3.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.


4.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.


5.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.


6.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.

http://eserver.org/poetry/light-brigade.html

Little did I realize when I had to memorize

[Cha]

4. And what Fucking "job" is

that, john reid?

[Kipling]

5. Lots of lovely profits for BP and Shell!

Woohoo!