LONDON -- It is not anti-American or wimpish to criticize U.S. President George W. Bush's policies.
Some rightwing American commentators are contemptuous of critics of the foreign policies adopted by Bush and accuse such people of being wimps and anti-American. I am not a wimp and I am not anti-American, but I am unhappy about some of the policies advocated by the president.
From the first day on which I joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1949, the vital importance of Britain's relationship with the United States was apparent to me. The American entry into World War II was the beginning of the end for the Axis powers; from that time on Britain was no longer alone.