"the British army went home without a battle honour"
The British army wasn't fighting a war, hence its rules of engagement. Something your bias, Martin, seems to blind you to. Let's ALL be thankful they weren't given RoEs appropriate for war. It would have been a lot messier for both sides, and the "war" would probably still be going on. Instead, a better world is being built, and has been being built for a number of years.

I fail to see the worth in your resurrecting a 5 year old thread. There are undoubtedly bad apples in the British Army. These Marines may, or may not, be guilty as (not yet) charged. Are you telling us there are no bad apples in the Republican movement these days?