CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS May 24, 2015 17:03:00
The 1770s. david rothkopf notes it would mean that great britain's army would be about the same size as the new york police department. no wonder then that britain has become a minor, reluctant ally in the air strikes against isis. its 30-year-old tornado fleet of planes is a generation behind the american planes, the f-22s that it flies alongside. the royal navy that once ruled the waves no longer operates a single aircraft carrier, though they do have two under construction. a similar story is true of other elements of britain's global influence. in cameron's first term, the foreign office b...
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