While many might argue this weakens the special relationship, others would say that it means the UK is no longer snuggled up to Mad McTrump the Bedwetting Beast of Crazytown. What was originally pitched as a great security partnership soon turned into ‘congratulations, you're now on several targeting maps – and everyone hates you.’ Supporters call it deterrence. Critics call it painting a bullseye on the UK.
Explained one British General, ‘Nothing says independent foreign policy quite like discovering your nation has been automatically enrolled in someone else's argument. Hosting another country's bombers is a bit like lending a friend your spare room and waking up to find they've turned it into a fireworks warehouse.’
The Pentagon denied that hosting bombers had only been negative for the UK, ‘Our base lets the Brits feel that conflicts occurring 3,000 miles away are much more local. Why settle for making your own enemies when you can import a premium selection of US ones?’. One war protestor commented, ‘Our foreign policy is like a shopping trolley with a broken wheel: technically its ours, but clearly its going wherever somebody else is pushing it. This base acts as a diplomatic timesaver. Instead of asking where you stand on an issue, the rest of the world simply makes an educated guess.’
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