The request by the US for UK troops to be moved to the US sector in Iraq illustrates the lack of British independence.
The Government has, on the one hand, committed troops to a European Defence Force under EU control and is about to allow the US to command UK troops in Iraq.
The British people elect neither the EU nor the US administration so the decision where to send UK troops should rest with the elected government and nowhere else.
-NJ Yeomans, Hove
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