Americans are real men, Britains are pussies

Proving we march hairy-chested onto the world stage, we claim we have hairy chests:

A senior American commander in the Gulf has said his men would have fired on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard rather than let themselves be taken hostage.

In a dramatic illustration of the different postures adopted by British and US forces working together in Iraq, Lt-Cdr Erik Horner - who has been working alongside the task force to which the 15 captured Britons belonged - said he was "surprised" the British marines and sailors had not been more aggressive.

Not only would the fifteen guys be dead if they had done this, but we would probably be in a full scale war with Iran. Of course, the Cheney types would love that.