I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. I have many relations in the U.S. "Special relationship".........oh do give me a break. It died with Ronald Reagan........Bliar was just George Bush's lap dog. As for that cognitively impaired fool at the helm now..........he has no time for us. He thinks he's Irish! As for Ben Wallace, I can only assume he's been doing the job with his hands tied behind his back because despite the size of the defence budget, we don't seem to get much bang for our buck.