According to Gordon Brown: "We should acknowledge the debt the world owes to the United States for its leadership in this fight against international terrorism".
Why?
As I understand it, America, and George Bush, in particular, started the war against terror. Therefore, it is only right that America should be in the forefront of a war that it started.
I don't see how that puts the world in debt to America.
If anything, I feel that America owes the world a justification for the war in Iraq and for its abuses in Guantanamo Bay.
Hat-Tip to Guido for the photo.
Very well put indeed. I could not put it any better myself.
ReplyDeleteNB: Brown may be just paying lip service to the Americans. In any event, it may be argued that we are indebted for American assistance in World War II, by all accounts the threat from terrorists has been exacerbated following the Iraq war.
ReplyDeleteWho picks up the bill for the erosion of our civil liberties?