Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has accepted "mistakes" were made in Iraq, has resisted calls for an immediate withdrawal of Britain's 5,500-strong force in Iraq and said their return was dependent on the security situation.
Yet Britain had their own version of a Baker commission that wants the British to get out on a timetable regardless of the security situation.
This will present a problem for us. Our supply line for our forces in central Iraq and Anbar runs through southern Iraq and into Kuwait. If the British aren't there to guard this route, we will be vulnerable to an Iranian attack that cuts our supply line.
If the British leave, we will either need to have a friendly Iran or redeploy a couple brigades to replace the British. I do hope Prime Minister Brown holds fast.
