keane advisers llc 1345 enterprise dr. suite 200 west chester , pa 19380 dear general keane , you are quoted by the bbc series secret iraq as saying , `` the british suffered a defeat in iraqi think it was a huge mistake to pull out of basra and to go out to the airfield and to leave the people of basra to be subjected to the iranian surrogates who brutalized them , intimidated them , terrorized them .