The Dead Zone (or, BP and the Oil Well That Keeps on Giving)

[Tellos Athenaios]

@Vladimir: don't overdo it. It is certainly true that the UK can do little more than throw a few hissy fits when the USA decides to ignore the UK (again). But then again, the exact same applies in reverse -- neither party can make a solid case why the other is little more than ungrateful dead weight in an increasingly awkward relationship. As for the Falklands: the British have more of an army there than Saddam had in the entire Iraq, and I need hardly remind you that within the Near East Iraq was something of a military power to be reckoned with which Argentina is definitely not (in South America, that is).

[Vladimir]

@Vladimir: don't overdo it. It is certainly true that the UK can do little more than throw a few hissy fits when the USA decides to ignore the UK (again). But then again, the exact same applies in reverse -- neither party can make a solid case why the other is little more than ungrateful dead weight in an increasingly awkward relationship. As for the Falklands: the British have more of an army there than Saddam had in the entire Iraq, and I need hardly remind you that within the Near East Iraq was something of a military power to be reckoned with which Argentina is definitely not (in South America, that is).

I apologize if I made anyone feel bad. Some time the nationalists, especially the anti-U.S. ones, need a reminder of how much we need each other. I swell with pride when thinking of our British friends and would gladly serve along side their armed forces.