Ghost_007
07-13-07, 09:26 AM
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1093762007
ONE of Gordon Brown's closest allies has distanced Britain from America over the war in Iraq as President Bush resisted a vote in Congress to withdraw US troops.
International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander told an audience in Washington last night that a country's strength should no longer be measured by its destructive power. Instead, nations had to build "new alliances" which "reach out to the world".
The intervention is likely to be taken as the clearest signal yet that Mr Brown's relations with the US will not be as close as his predecessor's.
ONE of Gordon Brown's closest allies has distanced Britain from America over the war in Iraq as President Bush resisted a vote in Congress to withdraw US troops.
International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander told an audience in Washington last night that a country's strength should no longer be measured by its destructive power. Instead, nations had to build "new alliances" which "reach out to the world".
The intervention is likely to be taken as the clearest signal yet that Mr Brown's relations with the US will not be as close as his predecessor's.