“Duties to Discharge…Responsibilities to Keep”
That’s what British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said during his initial news conference with President Bush. They’re also words that must’ve made Harry Reid’s and Nancy Pelosi’s crest fall.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told President Bush Monday he shares the U.S. view that there are “duties to discharge and responsibilities to keep” in Iraq. “Our aim, like the United States is, step-by-step, to move control to the Iraqi authorities,” Brown said, joining Bush at a news conference at the president’s Maryland mountaintop ranch.
Brown said that decisions about troops would only be made “on the military advice of our commanders on the ground,” echoing language often heard from Bush.
This isn’t a good start to the week for anti-war Democrats. In fact, it’s the worst possible start imaginable for anti-war Democrats. Democrats were hoping that Brown would pull British troops from Iraq. Now that that didn’t happen, they’re left holding a very empty bag.
That isn’t to say that Brown and Bush will have the same friendly relationship that Bush and Blair had. They clearly won’t. In the end, though, Brown’s promised steadfastness will provide a smooth transition into the next chapter of US-British relations.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
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August 5th, 2007 at 4:34 am
British people wear whigs in session; the only way we can take them seriously is to put on a fellow whig. Make sure to have a cup of Tea, or Tony Blair doesn’t have the same ring. But don’t take my word for it, try listening on Coffee!
August 18th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
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