[MadIvan]

Didn't we fight two wars (Revolutionary War and the War of 1812) to keep these people from meddling in our affairs?

I just bloody love this. The Black Watch goes into battle yesterday, after Britain standing with America all the way in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. One article makes people on here unglued and forget the sacrifices the British military have made. I am just grateful cooler heads govern relations at both Downing Street and the White House.

Ivan

[SoDak]

You're right. That being said, Kyoto would be a disaster.

[Reaganez]

Point Taken.

I wonder what would happen if American officials started commenting on internal British policies.

Say, the EU is a disaster. Regain your political sovereignty and join the North Atlantic Free Trade Area with us and the Canucks in the Anglo-spheric economic alliance. Maybe add Australia. I wonder what the British press would think about that.

[The Loan Arranger]

This whole "Guardian--Operation Clark County" fiasco and watching parliament on C-Span have me disgusted. If Americans tried to influence your vote vis a vis an election or other internal issue, how would you feel? And please don't tell me that Kyoto is not an internal issue. BTW, I think "cooler heads" has been the problem in the past, (i.e., Clinton not capturing OBL when he had a chance prior to 9/11--"what would the world community think", etc, etc..)

[Finalapproach29er]

..and forget the sacrifices the British military have made.
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Not trying to be glib. As a point of information, how many killed and wounded British servicemen in Iraq.

I'm sincerely curious.

[DB]

I thank you and your country for the sacrifices made in helping us fight this war.

The "latest science" as far as major publications go is the latest propaganda not science.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Why is the Queen upset? Did it stop raining?

[jimtorr]

Ivan, Ivan, don't be Mad, or bristle at every poster who reacts with indignation about news from the UK.

I'm an Anglophile of the first order, having spent 1.5 years working in and touring the UK. I even payed my own way back for a vacation since.

You probably had similar reactions as these indignant posters when Prince Charles decided that he was an expert commentator on architecture in 1992. He had a point, though, about some of the buildings he panned. Like, what was Lloyd's of London thinking?

Tell you what. If you will try to ignore the indignant posts of every ignorant, unthinking freeper, I'll try to ignore the Royal family whenever they feel it necessary to bestow their opinions on the world. By the way, I see this bit from the Queen as the personal opinion of a major land owner after a bad year for agriculture, not as a statement of policy by a head of state.

[Just mythoughts]

The Queen's main duty is "Protector of the Faith" and what has recently been coming out of that "church" of England lately shows a good reason why the Almighty might not show favor on her "environment". Signing on to one of man's treaties is not going to help her estates.