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Next week Britain will get a new prime minister. The man who takes over will be perhaps the most knowledgeably pro-American politician to enter Downing Street since Winston Churchill. He is steeped in American history and has long been a profound admirer of the world's only superpower. While anti-American sentiment has exploded around the world in the last five years, he has been a steadfast defender of the U.S. model. He prides himself on his close ties with America's leaders and has consciously tried to emulate much of what the U.S. has done in public policy in the last decade.
-- Gerard Baker, "Meet Britain's New Prime Minister" at RealClearPolitics.com
After Tony Blair's problems with following too closely the American line on the War on Terror and Iraq, it looks like Britain still will not stray too far from her great Atlantic sibling. Indeed, America's position in Europe would seem to be looking up when you also taken into consideration the Sarkozy victory in France. Imagine if we'd actually had a strong and capable leader in the White House!
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Next week Britain will get a new prime minister. The man who takes over will be perhaps the most knowledgeably pro-American politician to enter Downing Street since Winston Churchill. He is steeped in American history and has long been a profound admirer of the world's only superpower. While anti-American sentiment has exploded around the world in the last five years, he has been a steadfast defender of the U.S. model. He prides himself on his close ties with America's leaders and has consciously tried to emulate much of what the U.S. has done in public policy in the last decade.
-- Gerard Baker, "Meet Britain's New Prime Minister" at RealClearPolitics.com
After Tony Blair's problems with following too closely the American line on the War on Terror and Iraq, it looks like Britain still will not stray too far from her great Atlantic sibling. Indeed, America's position in Europe would seem to be looking up when you also taken into consideration the Sarkozy victory in France. Imagine if we'd actually had a strong and capable leader in the White House!
