Airstrip One

Matthew Parris gets a couple of hits in his column:

My difficulty is not with America as America, but with Washington as a hoped-for coalition partner. Partnership in foreign policy is not in their nature. Consensus is not in their lexicon. They do not see their place in our world as we would do. America is either right outside, or right on top. For Americans, alongside is not an option.

If only we could be the same and run our foreign policy in our interests.