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ellisonz

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1. I think many forget...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 02:00 PM
Mar 2012

...the "special relationship" is a relatively recent construct - we really did not care all that much for each other at all until the First World War, and that simmered until the Second World War broke out. I do agree that it is a special relationship that is comparable to our relationship with Australia too, but not Canada, never Canada.

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