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Britons Will Never Be Slaves

“We will serve neither our own, nor America’s, nor the world’s interests, if we are seen as American’s unconditional associate in every endeavor,” he said. “Our duty is to our own citizens and to our own conception of what is right for the world. We should be solid but not slavish in our friendship with […]

“We will serve neither our own, nor America’s, nor the world’s interests, if we are seen as American’s unconditional associate in every endeavor,” he said. “Our duty is to our own citizens and to our own conception of what is right for the world. We should be solid but not slavish in our friendship with America.”   

 

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He urged the formulation of “a foreign policy that goes beyond neo-conservatism, retaining its strengths but learning from its failures.” ~The International Herald-Tribune

Neoconservatism has strengths?  Anyway, this is pretty shocking stuff–what a wild idea, putting your own citizens’ interests first!  What will they think of next?  I have generally been very down on Cameron, and I think for very good reasons, but this statement is a good one and one that has been desperately needed for the last several years.  He remains in my view a trivial opportunist, but he does at least seem to be working in the interests of his country.

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