Iraq: Worst ever month for British troops

A British soldier was shot dead in southern Iraq yesterday, the twelfth to die this month, providing further evidence of an alarming rise in violent attacks. Link

db: Does anybody really believe that when the green light for a troop withdrawal is finally given Iraq will be in a better state than it is today? If not, why are troops still there, getting killed? Could it be that a timely withdrawal - now - would reflect badly on the arch criminal Blair, and that all these dead troops are being 'sacrificed' not in the name of a 'worthy' goal - like bringing security for example - but rather these lads are being 'sacrificed' for politics. Pulling them out now would damage the PM - and George Bush.