The bailout battalion

Armed Forces Day is always good for a laugh at the stadium John Brown played for. Of course, it’s all pretend. In this century, the British Army has been involved in two major conflicts, Afghanistan and Iraq. On both occasions, they were defeated in the field and not by heavily equipped modern armies but by militias full of men who believed in what they were fighting for. Please don’t take my word for it. In his book, Frank Ledwidge, an ex-British officer, shreds the very notion of British military competence in the 21st century. Think of them as a Sevco