Bush administration to Britain, "thanks for nothing":
The White House official added that Britain would always be "the cornerstone" of US policy towards Europe but there was "a lot of unhappiness" about how British forces had performed in Basra and an acceptance that Mr Brown would pull the remaining 4,500 troops out of Iraq next year.
"Operationally, British forces have performed poorly in Basra," said the official. "Maybe it's best that they leave. Now we will have a clear field in southern Iraq." Another White House official described Mr Brown as "challenging" and far less close to the US than Mr Blair.
Another day, another dose of abject stupidity. I have an idea, how about we leave too - then the whole country of Iraq will be a "clear field"? We're also back to being buddies with Germany and France again, after half the Republicans in the country were frothing for air strikes a few years back
In 2008 whoever gets elected is going to need to pull a "Die Hard 3", and just pretend the previous 8 years never happened
