On Mar 30, 2011, at 6:39 PM, michael perelman wrote:

> Well before Tony Blair went kissing W's butt.  The British held on to
> a certain prestige until the Suez invation, when Eisenhower put his
> foot down.  The British relented and put the very pro-US Harold
> Macmillan into office.  Since then, Britain's special relationship has
> meant subservience to the US.

Mostly beats being one of their ex-colonies, though.

Doug
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