The British Are Going |
250 years later and yes, the Americans won the Revolutionary War and the future.
I was very happy to see the positive visit of King Charles and Queen Camilla to Washington. The king and President Trump spoke respectfully of each other and their respective nations. There was a good dose of humor and self-deprecation. Just as an individual needs friends, so too do countries. And while the US has historically had the world reputation of the loner cowboy gunslinger, singular superpower, the country still needs friends and allies throughout the world. The king’s visit, in this, the 250th year of the United States, was made in good taste and with goodwill. The who’s who of guests at the official state dinner was exceptional, from political leaders to several of America’s trillion-dollar corporate titans. It was star power cranked up to eleven.
And while the Trumps and Windsors seemed to enjoy their meeting, the king and queen are to some extent disconnected from the modern UK. Whereas his grandfather would visit sites in London bombed by the Luftwaffe, King Charles lives a life that is unrelated to the free-fall descent of the formerly most powerful country in the world. One has to close his eyes very tightly to imagine England ruling the seas and having colonial interests throughout the world. Today’s Royal Navy has two aircraft carriers that barely function and could not be bothered to help out in the present war in Iran and the blockade of the Straits of Hormuz. Uncontrolled immigration has led to an Islamification of the country, at the expense of the locals. The king, to the best of my knowledge, has never formally commented on the Pakistani grooming gangs that abused tens of thousands (or more) English girls. Jewish institutions stand behind police guard, which was still not enough to stop the murder of a Jew in Manchester and the torching of Jewish-run (service for all) ambulances in London. Brits are........