Blair Says British Troops Will Stay in Iraq Until Job Is Done

[sabra]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aLnvVeRKjwgc&refer=uk

Blair Says British Troops Will Stay in Iraq Until Job Is Done

June 21 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected a lawmaker's call to bring British troops home from Iraq, saying they'll stay there until they ``get the job done.''

His comments came after Japan said this week that its ground troops will be withdrawn as Iraqi forces take their place in the southern city of Samawah.

The fight in Iraq ``is part of the wider struggle against terrorism,'' Blair said in Parliament today. ``The reason why it is difficult in Iraq today is because there are people there who want to stop democracy taking root.''

Blair was responding to a question from Michael Ancram, a Conservative lawmaker and former minister who supported the U.S.- led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Britain has about 7,000 soldiers in the country, the second biggest contingent after the U.S.

[endarkenment]

1. Define 'job' Tony, define 'done'.

F'ing a-hole.

[saigon68]

7. For the next 300 years or until they KILL all the Islamics

[ladjf]

2. The reason why it is "difficult in Iraq today" is because the

invading, now occupying forces have mercilessly killed over 300,000 Iraqi's with no provocation.

[samsingh]

3. blair must have had some more pillow talk with bush or coulter.

[Javaman]

4. Or until he's kicked out.nt

[grytpype]

5. He sounds just like Bush.

They never say how long it they expect it to take. I've heard it could take 20 years to train a self-sufficient Iraqi security force. And that's 20 years from NOW, not 2003.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. I.e., the destruction of Blair's once rocketing career

That job is pretty much complete.

[movonne]

8. And when will the occupation be over?? the war is over, bush told

us so when he was standing on the aircraft carrier...