tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512575049150642404.post7333827474359530790..comments2023-06-26T14:27:19.764+01:00Comments on A(nother) lawyer writes: Armed Forces and policies on defenceJames Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05200860773221870979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512575049150642404.post-53542058014927747172012-09-25T20:29:20.748+01:002012-09-25T20:29:20.748+01:00It was extremely competent invading Iraq, but not ...It was extremely competent invading Iraq, but not in pacifying the insurgency afterwards. Not all the fault was its own - but neither was it blameless. <br /><br />In Afghanistan it has done well at all the things it trained for - winning firefights primarily - but the thought that it could ever bring stability to a country which has never known it was optimistic to say the least. <br /><br />Have a read of Losing Small Wars - I think the author over eggs it at times and is flat wrong about patrols in Iraq, but at the same time makes very strong criticisms of the generals that as far as I know have remained unanswered. James Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200860773221870979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512575049150642404.post-36930423428738600052012-09-25T17:20:07.835+01:002012-09-25T17:20:07.835+01:00So you're saying the British army is incompete...So you're saying the British army is incompetent - or was in the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions.Simohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240527622510390345noreply@blogger.com