Basra Withdrawal
British troops leave Basra Palace (AFP)

Goodnight Basra

September 14, 2007

In an effort to avoid its own "Saigon moment," the British military carefully stage-managed its withdrawal from Basra Palace earlier this month. But Spiked editor Brendan O'Neill argues that, in spirit at least, Britain pulled out long ago.

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