The country that brought you Admiral Lord Nelson, The Duke of Wellington, the RAF pilots, the Knights of the Round Table is now exhibiting the rebirth of a Neville Chamberlain-like appeasement policy.

‘Peace in our time.’ Chamberlain declared just before the blitz.

The fact of the matter is that the British involvement in Iraq has been anemic at best. They contributed a token number of Soldiers, were assigned the least dangerous areas of operations and put into place rules of engagement that assured their personnel would not come into harms way unless by the most remote chance.

While any coalition military death is tragic, it should be noted that the British have suffered about 200 tragic deaths in this war. Their military has operated in the background while the United States military has done the heavy lifting.

Their last military victory, the Falkland Islands, was celebrated as a great British military success. The fact remains that this victory was over what amounts to a banana republic.

British CaptivesIt’s hard to identify the exact point in time at which the British lost their stiff upper lip. Even worse, there appears to be no other remaining stiff anatomical body parts. Do you need any other proof than that their so-called assault troops contained a female whom the males made no attempt to defend knowing she was being taken into a captivity under Shar’ia law.

We will not see Prince Harry making an appearance in a ‘combat unit’ in Iraq after this. Until now it was relatively safe for the Brits in Iraq. It’s obvious now that even for the British, this isn’t a game of drop the hanky. They surely can’t send the prince into a situation in which the British Soldiers are functioning under rules of engagement that leave them high and dry should they happen to encounter an enemy combatant.

It’s fortunate that our response to their crisis in the 1940s was not as anemic as their response to our time of need today.

A further explanation of their delicate handling of this crisis is that they are afraid of upsetting their own muslim population.

So the question remains, what will Britain do? There are those who say they do not want to ’start a war with Iran’. Iran is already at war with Britain. Will the roar of the British lion return, or will they have to settle for a meow.

Never have so many appeased so much to so few. It’s a bloody shame.

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EU Referendum is following this story closely.

Left in the humiliating position of having nothing in the locker with which to take on the Iranians after their abduction of our service personnel, our esteemed government has been running, cap in hand, to the United Nations Security Council for a resolution condemning Iran’s action.

For all we got for our efforts, though, we need not have bothered. The mighty mouse groaned and heaved and delivered what Reuters called “a watered-down statement” which merely expressed “grave concern” at the detention of the 15 British crew members, calling on Tehran to allow “consular access” to them.

Michelle Malkin calls it a national humiliation.

Blandly Urbane:

Simply put, I would like the UK with our support to ‘get their pecker up,’ and keep a ’stiff upper lip.’

Verum Serum and A Blog for All have updates.

Brit & Grit is keeping up with this situation and wonders some of the same things many others have been wondering.

What is the UK government doing about this issue? Secondly, where are the human rights campaigners, such as Amnesty International and the UN, when citizens of a Western country are abused in this manner?

Others: No Man’s Blog, Cop the Truth, Crimson Blog, Wizbang, Hot Air

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