I think most people are unaware. That wouldn't matter so much if
there were serious political opposition to the UK's role as a
satellite of the USA, but I am not aware of any. Blair and his
supporters are giving the press the run-around: the PM only ever
talks in slogans, and avoids the type of journalist who might point
to the lack of rational argument in everything he says. The USA
provides inducements for states to do its bidding and wields the
stick against those who do not (witness the arm-twisting aimed at
getting a second UN resolution on Iraq), and I think it would be
foolish to assume that the UK is treated any differently from other
countries in this respect. Until we discover the terms of the UK's
relationship with the USA, especially what, if anything, we Britons
are getting in return for our poodle-dom, any assessment must, I
feel, remain provisional.
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