[GOPGuide]

I want to note that the auththor, Daniel Larison, is a writer for the American Conservative Magazine and is not a liberal (Yeah, I know it can be hard to tell the difference...)

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Yeah, it was W who caused the change in status...from when he sent the bust of Churchill back to England. Uh-huh.

[KevinDavis]

Allies, we don’t need no stikin Allies.. Never mind we had Allies who helped us win the Revolutionary War...

[GOPGuide]

pingaling

[Rosemont]

that magazine is garbage.

[Finalapproach29er]

Gee. I wonder why the Irish-Catholic Buchanan wouldn't like Britain....

[eclecticEel]

Another of Zero’s “successes”.

[SkyPilot]

Hello Mr. Brown. As a sign of our friendship, here is an IPod with downloaded copies of my healthcare speeches on it; and also some DVDs my staff bought at WalMart that don't play on British DVD players.

[montag813]

Who cares? The “Britain” we knew for the ladt 10 centuries no longer exists. Its future is as an Islamic Republic. Britain is totally lost, and they did it to themslves, willingly.

[Carry_Okie]

Like other alliances defined by the crucibles of WW II and the Cold War, the “special relationship” has lost its old purpose while the “Global War on Terror” has failed to supply a new one.

Now there's an arguable premise if there ever was one.

[Carry_Okie]

But when Secretary of State Clinton recently expressed support for negotiations over the status of the territory, it appeared that neutrality had morphed into back-stabbing opposition. Clinton’s comment may have stemmed more from clumsiness than policy—until sheep become strategic assets the Falklands will remain a low priority at the State Department.

Equating America with the DOS or Clinton is equally deficient reasoning.

[SunkenCiv]

After decades of playing second fiddle to the U.S., Britain, like other U.S. allies, is prepared to chart a more independent course. It's about time.

[DemforBush]

Interesting.

I’m not sure I buy the author’s arguments in regards to Britain, though I do believe generally that the key alliances for the U.S. are changing somewhat. For example, I think it possible that Poland and India will be more important to U.S. interests in the decades to come than France or Germany will.

That’s assuming Obama doesn’t alienate every potential ally in the next two to six years, of course.