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TITLE: Yanks A Lot, Robin |
AUTHOR: Paul Routledge |
PUB: The Mirror |
DATE: February 9, 2001 |
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THE alleged Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, has returned safely from Washington. He met Colin Powell, the Gulf War general who is Secretary of State in President George Dubya Bush's Cabinet. Naturally, he was deeply impressed by the breadth and range of his intellect, and looks forward to a constructive relationship with the republican administration. Was there ever any chance of him saying anything else? Bush could appoint a donkey called Jasper and Robin Cook would hail it as an international statesman. Under New Labour, Britain has ceased to have an independent foreign policy. We bomb Iraq, an insignificant desert country, because the Yanks tell us to. We have tens of thousands of troops in Bosnia and Kosovo - places whose names the Americans cannot even pronounce - because Washington wills it. And sure as hens lay eggs, Britain will go along with Son Of Star Wars, if Daffy Dubya's generals insist. Never mind that such deference will make Yorkshire a prime nuclear target because Fylingdales and Menwith Hill listening stations will be upgraded. If you don't believe me, just wait for Tony Blair's unctuous drivel when he comes back from meeting the new President in two weeks. END |