The pressure exerted on General Sir Richard Danett to pretend there was not “a piece of paper, however thin” between him and the Prime Minister will deceive nobody. Dannett saying the British military presence in southern Iraq “exacerbates the security problems” is not answered by Tony Blair responding that “we’ll withdraw completely from Iraq as the Iraqi forces are able to handle their own security.” In fact, Dannett is saying, irrespective of the state of Iraqi forces, the presence of British troops is making the security situation worse, not better, and we should therefore withdraw. When is the PM going to listen to the advice of his own Chief of General Staff?

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