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Bending Over for Uncle Sam

The assumption is that the “special relationship” with the United States is obviously a jolly good thing old chap and we’d better make sure we preserve it or we’ll be in a right pickle. But the first thing to do when hearing this kind of talk is to stop and ask: who is the “we” in this sentence and which “United States” is it that this mysterious “we” has a relationship with? I mean, I am pretty sure that I am not part of this “we”