Miliband showing his muscles

I was listening to the boy wonder Miliband, who has breezily announced that the British government has long thought the terminology 'war on terror' was a bad idea. Wow!! I wonder if this burst of British freedom of thought is linked in anyway to the fact that Bush is leaving his post and thus his British acolytes no longer feel the need to stand in line.



It must be very liberating for Miliband to feel free to express such radical opinions knowing that the new President has slightly more liberal sentiments than his predecessor.

Is this really a new dawn for British independent thought or will it all wither on the vine if Obama finds the realities of power compel a different approach from his promises? I suspect that this brave new attitude will last just as long as it is consistent with American aims, and when it does not...the naughty boys and girls will retire to their seats and shut up once more.