'London's bridge is falling down'

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Someone from the USA confirming what many of us in the UK have felt all along…
In a devastating verdict on Tony Blair’s decision to back war in Iraq and his “totally one-sided” relationship with President Bush, a US State Department official has said that Britain’s role as a bridge between America and Europe is now “disappearing before our eyes”.
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Kendall Myers, a senior State Department analyst, disclosed that for all Britain’s attempts to influence US policy in recent years, “we typically ignore them and take no notice — it’s a sad business”.
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He added that he felt “a little ashamed” at Mr Bush’s treatment of the Prime Minister, who had invested so much of his political capital in standing shoulder to shoulder with America after 9/11.
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timesonline.co.uk/article/0,11069-2478925.html

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I don’t ever remember the UK being a bridge between the US and Europe. :confused:
 
gilliam said:
I don’t ever remember the UK being a bridge between the US and Europe. :confused:
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No, I’m sure the USA doesn’t think that at all. Our politicians try to pretend that our role is exactly that, though. It makes them feel more important.

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No, I’m sure the USA doesn’t think that at all. Our politicians try to pretend that our role is exactly that, though. It makes them feel more important.

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Well, we love you anyway 👍
 
Speaking for myself (and millions of other British) I’m vaguely wondering who acts as Britains bridge between us and Europe, given how frosty the relationship is at the best of times?

Personally, I liked the South England coastline the way it was during 1939-1945 and we should return to that quickly, Flak-Guns and Minefields included! 😃
 
From the article:

"…Mr Blair had been left “ruined for all time” by the Iraq war and that if he had “only read a book” on the last British invasion of Iraq in the 1920s, “he might have hesitated”.

Studying history before you jump? Gee, what a novel concept.
 
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