BTW, if Scotland declares its independence, they can probably count on the U.S. recognizing it as independence without even asking the British Government what it thinks. Or do Scots need to convert to Islam to receive that privilege?
I believe that if the people of Scotland truly wish to be independent, that they should be independent, and feel the same way about the Basque in Spain and France and the Kurds in Turkey and Iraq. However, the U.S. government can’t immediately recognize a new nation in the face of opposition from so many countries in its continent, including several of our allies.
Who can fathom Foggy Bottom thinking ?