In an article about the report from the Royal Institute of International Affairs (which also goes under the name of Chatham House) written by Paul Wilkinson and Frank Gregory, two academics specialising in terrorism have found that:

“A key problem…is that the Government has been conducting counter-terrorism policy shoulder to shoulder with the United States, not in the sense of being an equal decision-maker but rather as a pillion passenger compelled to leave the steering to the ally in the driving seat. There is no doubt that the situation over Iraq has imposed particular difficulties for the UK and for the wider coalition against terrorism.”
“Riding pillion with a powerful ally has proved costly in terms of British and American military lives, Iraqi lives, military expenditure and the damage caused to the counter-terrorism campaign.”

The UK’s Foreign Secretary has come out saying,

“I a’m astonished Chatham House is now saying that we should not have stood shoulder to shoulder with our long-standing allies.”

Is the role of Foreign Minister/Secretary deliberately given to an idiot or is this just a coincidence?
We have Alexander Downer here here here here here here here here here here and here.

The UK has Jack Straw.

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