The British military could not fight their way out of a paper bag. Their navy is likewise a joke nowadays.
They sure do love their jingoisms though.
I am reminded of the 1980 olympics and the US hockey team. They never would have hired Brooks if it had not been for two other hockey coaches refusing the job and they refused because the US had been completely and utterly humiliated four years earlier.
But you had a bunch of kids defeat the greatest hockey team on earth, and when you look at their names you don't recognize any of them except for Craig, these were not superstars like Gretzky and Lemiuex. Those guys were Canadian. People think that the US has 350 million and so naturally they do well at the Olympics. Perhaps, but the vast majority of our kids do not play hockey. That team was made up from kids from Boston and Minnesota. The combined population of Minnesota and Mass is around 12 million.