a soothing yet condescending balm for a (rightly) concerned British public, no doubt clung to eagerly by the mothers of young squaddies, embarking on yet another US-led adventure, to the greater glory of the Bush/Blair partnership.
Except that the 2001 invasion of Afg was the first UK/US joint op of 'that' ilk, that it came some 2 years before the Iraq campaign and just about a year after Bush had actually come to power after his inauguration in Jan 2001.