The view from 2002

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1913522.stm

A very well written piece discussing the Anglo-American relationship just seven months after 9/11. In fact, this is a very good history piece, analysing much of the key events in the post-1945 relationship. I post it, then, to provide some background information generally, and also as an historical document. Reading ‘old news’ is laughably easy now and this is of huge benefit to the historian. Note particularly where Ben Wright says ‘British and American marines are currently fighting the remaining al-Qaeda and Taleban fighters in Afghanistan’. They are, of course, still there and still fighting.