May 09, 2005

Has Blair Done Grievous Harm to the Special Relationship?

I think sometimes people my age or a bit older put too much faith in the "special relationship". After all the personal relationships between Clinton and Blair and Thatcher and Reagan were unusually strong, and that no doubt had an effect on their views of the other. But something like a special relationship has been a cornerstone of US-British relations for many years. John Simpson however thinks that the election last week in the UK shows that in the aftermath of Iraq it will be much more difficult for a future British prime minister to ally with the US in a similar way.

Posted by armand at May 9, 2005 10:17 AM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs


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