These Americans your slagging off are our greatest allies, the ones who won two world wars with us, giving their lives for us' defeating fascism and communism protecting the free world. Fighting side by side with our brave lads. Stumpy its great to criticise but I'm sure you'd be singing from a different hymn sheet if your family was going cold this winter due to fuel shortages, calling for revenge if your family was in the London underground or twin towers. I'm sure a bit of cold and hunger would change your opinion. What the alliance has done is bought your standard of living for you, tough decisions are taken on your behalf, thank your lucky stars you don't have to make them. We have a black man as leader of the Western World, promoting democracy everywhere, more power to his elbow and thank our lucky stars we have this alliance. Perhaps you'd like the old soviet alternative though? That's who we and the Americans were fighting against, a war that was won, democracy spread through the old eastern block. Liberal lefties can't take the hard decisions though can you?