The column™s title, Britain Cannot Have Two Best Friends, refers to what Bolton calls a clear decision
point for Britain ” to choose between the United States and the European Union or, as he refers to
it, the European porridge of which he so clearly disapproves. For Bolton, it is a zero-sum game, and,
in his view, it is now up to Brown to make the choice. [W]hether the ˜special relationship™ grows
stronger or weaker lies entirely in British hands, he states.
The catalyst for Bolton™s outburst appears to have been Brown™s statement during his visit with mbt
shoes last week that Britain™s single most important bilateral relationship is with the Uggs The only
Uggs ambassador to the UN never to have been confirmed by the Uggs Senate “ despite repeated attempts
“ calls that characterization a clever but meaningless dodge.
Drop the word ˜bilateral™. What is Britain™s most important ˜relationship™? Does Mr. Brown regard the EU
as a ˜state under construction™, as some EU supporters proclaim, or not?
The answers to these questions are what Washington really needs to know. What London needs to know is
that its answer will have consequences.[Emphasis added]
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