It's a Beach Party Vietnam, surfing with the Viet Cong, cooking hot dogs with napalm...

How long will we be surfing with Sadr for? The Brits say they might be needed in Iraq for a decade.

BRITISH troops may have to stay in Iraq for up to ten years to ensure security, the commanding officer of British forces in the southern Iraqi city of Basra told The Scotsman yesterday...

"We are in cloud-cuckooland if we think we are going to create overnight a police force that is accountable to the population. Certainly for a number of years to come, western forces are going to have to be there to support the police force" - Brigadier Nick Carter, Commander of British forces in Basra.

Gee, didn't Bush and Rumsfeld tell us Iraq was going to be easy? We'll invade with a small force, in and out and over with quicker than your average NFL/WWE fan in the sack. Because we're so much superior to Saddam and the Iraqi people will welcome us with open arms! Believe me, if the Brits are saing they'll be stuck in Iraq for a decade, we'll be there for just as long.