Airstrip One

Let's be like Saudi

The Saudis have told the Americans that they can only use their bases for bombing Iraq if they then go and bog off. Now we Brits not only have less self respect than the Philipines, but than that barbarous kleptocracy that calls itself Saudi Arabia. I especially like the line:

American officials have said this would be acceptable because the no-fly zones would no longer be in operation once Saddam Hussein was overthrown.

How about:

American officials have said this would be acceptable because the protection of West Germany was no longer an issue once the Soviet regime was overthrown.

Yet the Yanks are still here, a foreign army on British soil.