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One thing that has really been bothering me and it HAS not been explained at all. These British troops were in rubber rafts with a large warship nearby. Why did that warship not intervene? Who was the dumb ass higher up who let one of the world's great navy's be humiliated like this? It's a freakin' disgrace- I would run Tony B out of office more for this than Iraq. They come of looking like patsies. It's time the Brits got a bit of that stiff upper lips that they are famous for.....
Stoned Investor ..Dude!
We in Australia are more than familiar with 'the paper tiger England'. In our early history we got our asses kicked many times in wars because we allowed the brits to plan and run our battles for us (Gallipoli is but one of many) The brits are famous for incompetance. My guess is you have not seen the last of this type of thing yet. I too heard that there was a warship nearby but we in Australia heard that the crew was watching the cricket and were not paying attention to things. Whether this is indeed true or not is yet to be confirmed but it would explain the inaction by the crew.