Under Occupation

Why are there still American troops in Britain at all, all these years after the end of the Cold War? What do they do? The answer is that they don’t do anything: they are. Specifically, they are the elephant in the British political drawing room, the permanent intimidation of the British Government and People by the mere presence of the occupying forces of a foreign power, forces that could be turned loose onto our streets at any time. If we want any relationship worth having with the United States, then those forces must be kicked out forthwith. Meanwhile, the Poles and the Czechs, who know a thing or two about this sort of thing, should tell the late George W Bush where to go. And why should ordinary Americans have to pay for this?