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...self-interest than exists with other countries, and they conclude that we should co nsult with each another on foreign policy issues before we turn to the wider international community. British Prime Minister Tony Blair uses this doctrine to justify support for a U.S. invasion of Iraq and for Britain??€™s continued commitment of military re sources to the war on terrorism and the campaign in Afghanistan...
...terrorism to the environment and nuclear disarmament. Precisely because many Americans cannot see the threat to their own interests posed by such an ideology—and largely because political dissent on foreign policy has been all but silenced since Sept. 11—we need Britain??€™s help, but not as a partner in crime. We need a critical friend with the guts to look her erstwhile son in the eye and tell him to get back in line. The Blair government’s dote-and-nod approach toward America only encourages our disdain for dissenting...
...Henley Royal Regatta regatta isn’t exciting simply because of its tradition and its dual single-elimination tournament format. The crowd of a quarter million spectators that Henley draws from Britain??€™s upper classes throughout the week and the closeness of the crowd during the stretch run are what make for an unforgettable experience...
...While Britain??€™s BBC and France’s Le Monde were running stories on the massacre, the U.S. media dusted reports about Jenin under the carpet. Some U.S. publications responded to news of a massacre by momentarily cooling their anti-Palestinian rhetoric. For a brief time, the New York Times’ good cop/bad cop duo of Thomas Friedman and William Safire relented in their onslaught against Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Authority. Safire took a break from the Middle East and wrote on cosmetic surgery, while Friedman urged his readers to watch the Golf Channel instead...
When we consider that Blair represents Britain??€™s left-wing Labour Party, his remarks are truly extraordinary. Recent polls indicate that 86 percent of Labour Members of Parliament are opposed to a war with Iraq. On any number of issues, it is hard to imagine Daschle bucking similar opposition from congressional Democrats here in the States; his knee-jerk partisan impulses wouldn’t allow...