Brendan O'Neill

LONDON — In the May 20 Christian Science Monitor, Danna Harman reported from Iraq on the differences between the U.S. occupation of Baghdad and the British occupation of Basra. Titled “As occupiers, Brits bring experience,” the piece argued that British soldiers “have the traditions and ethos that come with years of peacekeeping in which small […]

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has, over the last 18 months, garnered a reputation — at least among American conservatives — as an international man of principle on the issue of Iraq. But here in Britain, not a week goes by without a negative story appearing about the state of the British military. We’ve recently […]

LONDON — U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have taken a “shoulder-to-shoulder” stance on Iraq — literally. On April 6, 2002, the two leaders emerged from four hours of talks at the president’s Texas ranch, stood side by side for the cameras and declared their undying opposition to Saddam Hussein’s […]

Since the September 11 atrocities in New York and Washington, British and U.S. leaders have trumpeted to the world their “shoulder-to-shoulder” stance against terrorism. President George W. Bush describes British Prime Minister Tony Blair as “a friend to America,” and told a press gathering at the White House on September 20 that “one of the […]