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Special Relationships

Alex Massie is right: the U.S.-British relationship is not like that of Jeeves and Wooster, because unlike Wooster’s deference to Jeeves’ advice Washington hardly ever* heeds British advice. On the contrary, the Jeeves-Wooster dynamic is the relationship that the British probably wished that our governments had, but which they are also keenly aware our governments do not have.

* I would say never, but there must be some isolated case where it happened, albeit probably by accident.

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Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front Porch Republic, The American Scene, and Culture11, and was a columnist for The Week. He holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, and resides in Lancaster, PA. Follow him on Twitter.

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