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2007-07-16 Britain

Foreign Secretary insists US will remain Britain's main ally

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Posted by ryuge 2007-07-16 01:11|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I have seen precious little evidence of British military might to substitute with multilateralism.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-07-16 08:51|| 2007-07-16 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 The Foreign Secretary's rebuke was aimed mainly at Lord Malloch-Brown, the minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, former co-investor in the UN oil-for-food program. But he is also said to have been upset that Mr Alexander ranged so widely into foreign policy in his Washington speech, although the address had been cleared by Downing Street in advance.

There, fixed that. One of the weirdest things Blair did was to get this guy a Lordship. I mean, what the hell was he thinking? I guess he wanted to prove once and for all that he wasn't Bush's lap dog.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-07-16 09:46|| 2007-07-16 09:46|| Front Page Top

#3 MMB's Lordship was his backdoor to the Foreign Office, where he'd otherwise have to be an elected MP. In other words, Brown specifically wanted miniSoros to run his foreign policy (though Miliband, to his credit, seems to be resisting the figurehead part).

Posted by JSU 2007-07-16 13:00|| 2007-07-16 13:00|| Front Page Top

#4 An England with a Winston Churchill could keep the US as an ally. However, it seems Winston has joined the other 'Winston' in the memory hole of ~~Oceania~~ British history.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-07-16 13:59|| 2007-07-16 13:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Ummm, not once Britian is run via Brussels.

BTW when does Europe give up all of those old fashioned France, Germany, Spain, etc. UN seats and sit at one EU seat?

Posted by jds 2007-07-16 22:07|| 2007-07-16 22:07|| Front Page Top

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