BBC News: Reports on the perceived fraught relationship between President Obama and UK PM Gordon Brown. The Special Relationship even at its most special has had its up and downs, FDR during the World War Two thought he alone could deal with Stalin without Churchill. In the 80s Lady Thatcher was not happy with President Reagan when he invaded Grenada, when Bill Clinton won the Presidency in 1992 the UK Government of Sir John Major was out of favour due to the fact that it was seen as having tried help Bush 41 beat Clinton in the Presidential Election. In 1999 UK PM Tony Blair was more hawkish than the President for tougher action in the Balkans, Blair wanted to use ground troops. In 2001 Bush 43 found a political soul mate in UK PM Tony Blair, thus the war in Iraq. At the end of the day US Presidents can think that they don't need the UK but when the teabags hit the fan, its the UK that is by the side of the USA. President Obama should be remained that after the US the next major force in Afghanistan in the UK. If the Obama Administration does not need the UK then we don't need Afghanistan.
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