Brown believes, and has said, that Britain must always be close friends with America; and obviously that is the right thing to believe and say. But is he prepared to make clear that there is a difference between being close friends and going into an illegal and disastrous war just to please George W Bush?
这部分也是目前伊拉克政策问题。但是这也是英国与美国关系的问题。从事后来看，很明显，英国参加伊拉克战争完全是由于布莱尔决心为美国的马首是瞻所驱使。布朗相信，而且也说过，英国必须始终是美国的紧密朋友。很明显，这样相信和说话是正确的。但是，他是否准备表明，紧密朋友和仅仅为了取悦布什而发动非法和灾难性的战争是有区别的呢？