U.S. and England Special Relationship

During our lecture with Professor Adamo, we spoke about "the special relationship" between the U.S. and England. In the past, England has always seemed to be a priority for the U.S. and throughout history; they have always been one of our closest allies until recently. During the lecture we spoke about the past and what consisted of our relationships throughout the years.

In 1945 at the Yalta Peace conference, Russia, America, and the UK created the closest military relationships ever and joined the WWII effort. The term 'special relationship' was coined during WWII from Churchill after Roosevelt and Churchill became close during WWII. This relationship eventually dissolved in 1956 after the Suez Canal incident. England and U.S. leaders have always been close up until Obama. Besides Churchill and Roosevelt, then there was the relationship between Thatcher and Regan. Together they were close and dealt with the Cold War and with the Falk Islands which was when Britain was fighting against Argentina for control of the islands. US stepped in and helped with the intelligence and helped Britain to take control of the islands. Next there was Blair and Clinton who went through Kosovo, Northern Ireland (peace talks), and through Clinton’s Monica scandal. Blair was more of a ‘soul mate’ with Bush though, who both went through Afghanistan and Iraq wars. Today it is Obama and Brown who have to both deal with the economy though Obama is focusing more on his relationship with Asia and Russia then with England and France.

I think that it is a shame that our special relationship is dead because of everything both of our nations have went through together, but it was something that was already on its way to dissolving. We will always have a link with England because our history and bond goes way too far back and we’ll always have some sort of allies with them, and hopefully we will be able to become closer with some other countries such as Asia and Russia.