No it was because we honestly thought no one would be stupid enough to do that and forgot that the middle east runs on spite, stupidity and oil and thats an improvement because they didnt used to have oil!
And in the british case well if you have to lose and empire losing it because you defeated one of the most evil regiemes in human history....not a bad note to end on.
Honestly the big reason why every one says the surrender monkey stuff is because the french can be utterly insufferably arrogant and it helps take them down a peg. Ever notice how we dont give Poland, Belgium, or Demark the same kind of grief?
for me its that the southern unionists and loyalists have basically been written out of history.
these people often gave up everything including their lives for their country and its disturbing how they have been forgotten.