That's actually pretty funny. The "transatlantic union" is the US and Britain, and that relationship is just fine.
The French and Germans were complicit in Hussein's atrocities. They were never going to support any action against him.
And he doesn't answer President Bush's?
Moreover, the PM was, in all liklihood, behind Clark's firing.
It was British troops, after all, that Clark asked "to start WW III" for him. Brigadier Jackson reported the incident to CIGS...and Her Majesty's Government was decidedly not pleased.
Clark is a dangerous kook who doesn't enjoy the confidence and respect of even his fellow officer corps.