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2008-03-27 Britain

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 There is a real danger that the special relationship could eventually die a slow death through a combination of political indifference, a decline in British defense spending, and the erosion of British sovereignty within the European Union. The special relationship has been the most enduring and successful alliance of modern times, and provides the best hope for defeating the threat of militant Islam and protecting the West against rogue regimes.

As Margaret Thatcher so eloquently put it in a speech at the end of the Cold War, "whatever people say, the special relationship does exist, it does count and it must continue, because the United States needs friends in the lonely task of world leadership. More than any other country, Britain shares America's passionate commitment to democracy and willingness to stand and fight for it. You can cut through all the verbiage and obfuscation. It's really as simple as that."

Unfortunatley, Maggie's day is past and so is the special relationship. With the unhousing of the hereditary peers, the disappearance of the RN, the retention of Celtic members in the Parliament after devolution and the submission of the rights of Englishmen to EUropean dictat from Brussels, there is no more United Kingdom with which to have a special relationship. I rue its passing, but, unlike some, I am willing to face the reality. We'll always have Churchill.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-27 08:16|| 2008-03-27 08:16|| Front Page Top

#2 And then there's this

The proportion of men and women getting married is below any level found since figures were first kept nearly 150 years ago.

And the number of weddings held in 2006 was the smallest since 1895, when the population was little more than half its present level.

The evidence that marriage is withering away at an increasing pace was met with a furious response from critics of Labour's benefits system, which disregards the status of husbands and wives and pays parents extra to stay single.

You can't blame that on the U. S.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-27 08:24|| 2008-03-27 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 There is a real danger that the special relationship could eventually die a slow death through a combination of political indifference, a decline in British defense spending, and the erosion of British sovereignty within the European Union.

To say nothing of the erosion of British sovereignty within London, Birmingham, Bradford and anywhere else the Umma has staked a claim.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-03-27 10:32|| 2008-03-27 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 The special relationship will just change as Brits flee England and emigrate to the US.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-03-27 12:07|| 2008-03-27 12:07|| Front Page Top

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