Poor Dr. Kendal Myers. He's finished, done. From Whitehall to Washington they want his head. Myers has commited the mortal sin - of stating the obvious.
At an academic forum in Washington the senior State Department analyst said that for all Britain's attempts to influence US foreign policy, "we typically ignore them and take no notice. It's a sad business."
Other observations from Dr. Myers:
"It was a done deal from the beginning, it was a one-sided relationship that was entered into with open eyes ... there was nothing. There was no payback, no sense of reciprocity."
"What I think and fear is that Britain will draw back from the US without moving closer to Europe. In that sense, London's bridge is falling down."
Tony Blair has repeatedly justified his pro-Washington stance by claiming Britain had an essential role to play by co-operating in order to influence American policy. Myers certainly burst that balloon.
It's now reported that Dr. Meyers is contemplating early retirement. Quelle surprise.
So if ever faithful ally Tony Blair gets nothing from Bush, just how much do you think Harper is going to achieve by kneeling at Shrub's feet?
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