🏛️ Politics 1d ago · Nick Davis

Britain and America: the abusive relationship

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The United States wreaks havoc in the Middle East. As things unravel, one of the chief American powerbrokers, turns his ire on his junior ally. Spitting venom, he pithily remarks: “the British answer is uniquely wet”. A special kind of outrage for a special kind of relationship.



These are not the words of Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth or JD Vance. Rather, they are from Paul Bremer, the retired diplomat George W Bush sent to govern Iraq in the aftermath of the invasion 23 years ago.He wrote to hi

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