Donald “loose cannon” Rumsfeld pisses off the British, too
US defense minister Rumsfeld provoked the British government when he stated that the position of the UK on Iraq was ‘unclear’ and said that the US were ready to move without British support. British defense officials insist that if the US goes, so do they.
While the US could militarily manage to take over the role of teh approximately 45,000 British troops in the Gulf, the psychological impact of the US having to go in along would be substantial.
Somebody put a gag on that clown.