10/13   "Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors
         or enemies but as liberators..."
                General Stanley Maude, commander of the British forces,
                Baghdad, 1917
        Sound familiar?
        \_ The Brits kicked the Turkish out of Iraq, right?
           \_ How long did the Brits stay?
              \_ Until they lost the title of World Power.
                 \_ They were smart in pulling out at the right time,
                    unlike the French in Indochina and Algeria.
                    \_ Or the US in Vietnam or the USSR in Afghanistan.
           \_ The Brits were smart.  The got a mandate from the League of
              Nations.  Masters of diplomacy, in addition to military
              and economic might.
              \_ League of Nations? HAHAHAHHAHAHAAA!!  They all cared even
                 less about the LoN then we do today about the UN.  There's
                 a reason it's gone and didn't last very long.  It was a
                 gentlemen's club with no gentlemen in it.
                 \_ I think you're confusing this with that Sean Connery
                    movie.