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However, independent strategists in Washington reproached the duke. Nile Gardiner, the director of the Margaret Thatcher Centre at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, described them as a “huge gaffe at a time of tense relations between London and Washington over Iraq”.
He added: “Prince Andrew’s knowledge of Iraq is close to zero and his comments are deeply unhelpful to the war effort.
“These are not harmless, throwaway remarks but serious comments by a senior member of the Royal Family who should know better. They will cause offence in the US at a time when American and British servicemen are laying down their lives in Iraq.”
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What an arrogant attitude from a ridiculous man with a ridiculous job title. Look at his photo:
Dr. Nile Gardiner
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John Pike, the director of Global Security, a Washington-based military think-tank, said the duke’s remarks were primarily a matter for the British constitution.
“It seems to me that he’s got a bit off of his remit to publicly express opinions on ongoing military operations of an ally. I don’t think the Bush administration will find it very helpful,” he said. Americans would not like being lectured “by a monarchy whose predecessors we kicked out of our country and which demonstrated such an art of colonial governance that we’ve been begging for their return for a quarter of a millennium”.
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So much for the Special Relationship.
Britain wouldn't be in this mess if Price Andrew's mother had done her job and forced Tony Blair to call an election on going to war in Iraq.