Hostility between British and American military leaders revealed

[oldironside]

In the papers, the British chief of staff in Iraq, Colonel J.K.Tanner, 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 Portuguese.”

Col Tanner’s boss, the top British commander in the country, Major General Andrew Stewart, told how he spent “a significant amount of my time” “evading” and “refusing” orders from his US superiors.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6631239/Hostility-between-British-and-American-military-leaders-revealed.html

[Hopeless Romantic]

1. Not surprised in the least

The arrogance of Uncle Sam can be quite astonishing.

[oldironside]

2. Agreed.

Just try reading the thread on the same piece in the general discussion. You'd think Ben Affleck won the Battle of Britain and Tom Hanks was the only guy to land on D-Day. Makes you wonder how a clueless bunch of wankers like us ever got anything done.

[T_i_B]

3. Are you sure that's not the LBN thread?

There's a bit of that going on there.

[oldironside]

4. Dunno.

I recall seeing your name there, but you obviously weren't one of the guilty ones. Can't be bothered to try and find it again, but it's disappeared from the main page.

It was a bit like reading the script for Saving Private Ryan, where the only mention the Brits got was when Ted Danson called Monty overrated. That's fair in-depth analysis.