Has anything changed?

[sp1214]

I was under the mistaken impression that when Gordon Brown replaced Blair then Britain would decide its own foreign policy. Instead only today Brown is committing extra troops to go to Afghanistan and he said this within earshot of Bush who was satnding on the same platform. Is Bush a hypnotist or something? Why can't our Prime Ministers have some guts?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/def ault.stm

[keyplus90]

I always blamed the corrupt leaders of the developing countries to play like a puppit. Now when countries like Britian do the same thing then people realize why?


Afterall..............







You are either with us or without us and If you are with USA you are civilised, or else you are terroristis is working.

[tigerlily11]

Bush couldn't hypnotise squat.
We're talking about a man who couldn't even find his way off a stage.
brown like Blair is getting something out of it. We shall find out what when he decides to bog off.

[jake-the-peg]

There will be some blackmail going on.

If we don't follow US foreign policy we will not get access to US intelligence or certain US technologies or Trident etc.

Doubtlessly that was why we went to Iraq in the first place.

Personally I think we should send more troops to Afghanistan - all the ones currently in Iraq!

[sp1214]

I agree with your answer Jake about the sharing of intelligence and weapon sharing. But by siding with Bush about the Iraq war and it was probably his decision alone then when he goes his administration behind him will change track and we may look rather stupid.

The USA may have more influence in the world but being allied to a bad regime tars our own credability especially with the incoming President. Triangulation makes us seem weak.

[anotheoldgit]

Why should we send yet more troops, when some members of NATO still refuse to commit their young Men & Women, into the danger areas?

We should be threatening to withdraw our troops, unless they do their fair share.