Our "Special" Relationship

Blair has placed a new level of loyalty on the ‘Special Relationship’ with the USA, including following Bush blindly into war, using more and more American consultancy firms in the public sector and awarding contracts to US firms. This all seems to be to the detriment to the UK.

A reading of history might have been a bit more useful e.g. the USA did NOT enter the WW2 to help out the UK – in fact the Senate voted twice on the issue and firmly rejected the idea. They only entered the war after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and as Germany and Japan were allies, they were dragged into the European conflict as well.

Although the Americans did trade with us and supplied us before their eventual entrance into the war, they didn’t do it out of charity. We paid for all supplies sent to the UK, including those that didn’t make it to our shores due to ships being torpedoed by German U-boats. The Americans did loan us money to help us fight our joint enemies and it took us 60 years to pay back the loan and the interest. We no longer owe them anything, but Bush and Blair are both quite intent on perpetuating the myth that we do.

There is no evidence of a special relationship between the USA and the UK, just the USA doing profitable business with the UK as and when it suits their interest. Anyone who reads something else into the relationship is either niave, stupid or has a personal agenda.

Of course, I’m sure that there’s no connection between the fact that Tony Blair has made himself a hero in American eyes and the millions he expects to make on the lecture circuit in the US after he’s stepped down from office.