The Other Mike Jackson -

The Other Mike Jackson - The new commander of the British Army, Lt. General Sir Mike Jackson, talks about the readiness of the British military to fight in Iraq, among many other things.

It's an interesting article. Militarily speaking, I'm a bit of an Anglophile - they do a lot of things well, and our military has benefitted greatly by emulating many aspects of the British Army. So while their equipment situation is always a disaster - their new rifle is notoriously temperamental, and their Challenger-class tanks have never-ending technical difficulties (although a Challenger scored the longest-range tank kill in history, during the last Gulf War, killing an Iraqi T55 at a range of over three miles) - and their budgets are always the first cut by Parliament, their professionalism and training are second to none.

Worth a read if you follow such things.