Smoke too much....better check the content of yer ciggies my man....shades of WWII.... and Montgomery coming to the fore. Why yes chaps, the original plan was for us to hold off investing Antwerp until Berlin fell so that we could make our colonial cousins look good!
The British troops have a tough fight going on....with lots of potential negative feedback politically if they go at it hammer and tongs. Let's see how long it takes for the US troops to gain full control of Baghdad before we start this discussion. After Baghdad, we then have Tikrit to deal with too.