The relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States remains the bedrock of both nations' foreign policies. Though differences will always be present, the two countries treat each other with basic respect. Nothing illustrates this fact better than the news today that by the end of this year the United Kingdom will finish paying for Lend—Lease, the massive transfer of armaments arranged by FDR and Churchill, to keep Britain alive under Hitler's assault, while circumventing the isolationists who asserted that the war was none of America's business. The leftist UK Guardian manages a couple of swipes at America in its coverage of the historic milestone, but that cannot disguise the essential respect and honor inherent in keeping a promise to a generous friend: Between March 1941 and September 1945, the United States' lend—lease programme transferred some $48bn worth of war material to other nations, the largest part of it (worth some $21bn) to...(Read Full Post)