Appreciate your reply. I disagree with you on one key point that comes to mind. In particular, where and or when do you start to trust a country that has been a strong ally in the region. How can we trust anyone in the world? The shoebomber was a Brit.
I suspect in many ways we agree on more things than we realize.
I'm not so sure I'd go with "strong" ally, they have some proving to do.
As for the shoebomber, I think you'd agree that Britain has been a strong ally for real...for real.