But President Bush managed to get Britain to join us in a war against Iraq. While President Obama can't get Britain to let us use our bases in Britain against Iran--a country we've supposedly rallied the world to oppose (tip to Instapundit):
Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support the build-up of forces in the Gulf, citing secret legal advice which states that any pre-emptive strike on Iran could be in breach of international law.
The Guardian has been told that US diplomats have also lobbied for the use of British bases in Cyprus, and for permission to fly from US bases on Ascension Island in the Atlantic and Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, both of which are British territories.
If ever I doubted that I lack the nuance gene, this is a clincher.
UPDATE: Thanks to Stones Cry Out for the link.
