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Originally Posted by lostalex
I don't think it was just Blair... i think it started long before that.
Churchill coming to the US on his knees begging the US to save Britain from the Nazi's is a more likely beginning to this story...
Then after the war, once again, Britain, crawling to the US begging for money for reconstruction cash after war...
Then, the Soviets taking over half of Europe, once again Britain came calling for America to have a stronger presence in europe, to keep the Soviets at bay...
i think this kind of subservient, begging relationship was formed over many decades...
We love our humble Brit cousins, so we happily obliged.
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Just goes to show how much the yanks drag their feet in doing anything constructive or helpful unless there's something in it for them - altruism is not in their vocabulary as evidenced by the fact that they have to be "BEGGED" to do the decent thing rather than stepping in of their own accord. No such reticence when there's oil or other valuable resources to plunder though, eh?