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The U.$.-British alliance revisits itself

July 30 2007

The new prime minister in England, Gordon Brown visited George W. Bush at the end of July. Media rumors appeared that Brown would distance himself from Bush, unlike predecessor Tony Blair. However, Brown gave a press conference in which hardly any difference was apparent with Bush on Iraq, Afghanistan or so-called terrorism.(1) Brown called the united $tates the leader of the free world and then later said he would not keep troops in Iraq just to save U.$. face.(2)

Readers of the tea leaves will notice that Brown has taken the John Edwards line on "war on terror," by giving it up. Brown calls terrorism a "crime against humanity." While he was in the united $tates, Brown said he meant "all means" should be used to combat terrorism. He hopes in this means that Bush will not clobber him as he clobbered Kerry for saying the same thing in the campaign of 2004.

Brown said that terrorism is crime, not a "cause," but nonetheless, he said an ideological fight against it was necessary.

In code words for a pro-CIA line, Brown said:

"'Foundations, trusts, civil society and civic organisations - links between schools, universities, museums, institutes, churches, trade unions, sports clubs, societies ... those in newspapers, journals, cultural institutions and the arts and literature sought to expose the difference between moderation and violent extremism.'"(3)
There was much speculation that Brown is close to ready to leave Iraq after success in zones run by the English. He mentioned economic development plans for the major city of Basra in Iraq.

England has a substantial interest in Nepal. As Brown was coming in to power, a military incident occurred in which Prime Minister Koirala himself said he did not know what was happening. His leading military officer was in England at the time. As of now, MIM has no satisfactory explanation for why the army appears out of control of the prime minister.

Shortly before the visit of Brown to Bush, Russian President Putin criticized England for a colonial attitude toward Russia.(4) England and Russia are having a maximum row over diplomats and spies.

Ironically, in the internal political situation of the united $tates, the embrace of Brown could speed up the Bush regime collapse. The phenomenon of "sending good money after bad" is well-known. In contrast, the British "Guardian" is openly hoping that Brown will replace Cheney as an influence over Bush.(5)

Notes:
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/washington/30cnd-prexy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
2. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article2819582.ece
3. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,,2137877,00.html
quoting Washington Post 4. AFP, http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070727-083521-8274r
5. http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gordonbrown/comment/0,,2137609,00.html