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   @BaldricksTurnip1

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   The US has no special relationships with the UK,they would dump us in a heartbeat

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   @cugal1613

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   Special relationship lol what a load of hogwash. Maybe in the past but not anymore.

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   @SubscribeAndIllSubscribeBack

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   We're one and the same at the end of the day same with Aus

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   @patstokes7040

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   2:04 and this is an example of how Obama didcdamage to the USA. Sneaky bugger.

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   @stasonfrost

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   Nothing will ever be quite like the special comradary shared between the brits and the yanks

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   @LindaAndrews-ly1qf

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   0:18 who is this man?

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   @topbanana4013

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   hmm ive heard different it goes back much earlier to Victorians also we are sort of the same we did give them magna carta we did protect the pilgrims in the new world we gave usa the radar needed to defeat the axes it goes on and on. go forward to the Falkland's war. what you see on tv was a myth behind closed doors it was simple someone said if we going to take sides it must be with the motherland

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   @user-zx1pc9eq8w

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   The special relationship is real and it is special.

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   @ronschwigel8140

   January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

   i buy by woolen garments from only the UK

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    @ronschwigel8140

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    john kerry said it best

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    @ronschwigel8140

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    OUT OF THE UK WAS BORN THE US.

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    @TheMikerophone

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    I was looking for videos about the special relationship between America and Israel. How many special relationships does the us have?

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    @rashadclark4913

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    As an American, I believe the biggest reason the relationship is special literally, because we kept the language. English is a very easy language to learn. That's the special relationship in my opinion. 🇺🇸

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    @DreamsofmyDreams

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    As an American, I’ve always viewed the UK as our parent. I really respect them and I think of them as one of our closest allies.

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    @Lil7672

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    UK is that side chick you see a lot who thinks she's the main chick, but the joke is America has no main chick lmao

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    @pa7447

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Racist relationship with a king. I wish british had a real democracy and the primary minister wasn't appointed by king. Stop calling yourself uk and great. You're Britain. That's it.

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    @fishersofmen4727

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    The sad part about the UK is Russia has more freedom now, you can be arrested for mean tweets in the UK and its nearly impossible to own a firearm in the UK… well in most parts.

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    @alexdidomenico1210

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    I’m with Peter Hitchens on this one. I don’t think there is such a thing as a special relationship between the United States and Britain.

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    @nigethesassenach3614

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    CANZUK

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    @jonjohnson2844

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    TLDR has always been anti-UK then

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    @Scaleyback317

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    There is no such thing as the special relationship. Dreamt up by who knows who and who knows when at a time when some one required something of the other. British and American folk seem to rub along pretty well in most circumstances pretty much like folk from just about any other nations really. As long as politics and religion don't get in the way. There is the five eyes to consider which gives us a common, even if behind the scenes connection. Our troops, as long as they all stay sober, work very well with each other and there is, for sure a great deal of mutual respect and camaraderie in most interactions. Rarely has there been great friction as long as we've shared the same desired outcome (usually that entails getting back home and hopefully in one piece so watching each other's flanks is a great motivator toward co-operation and reliance on each other) From time to time our governments share a goal though less frequently the method by which to achieve it. US political interests (overwhelmingly for financial gain, rarely for any great moral crusade) deems they will screw us over as quickly and as surely as any other nation which stands in their heavy handed way. With the emergence of China breathing own their necks and a couple more gaining ground there may yet need to be a rethink of any relationship but as US power wanes so does British influence/power. All gets very complicated and messy at times but will be very happy once Britain (if Britain is to remain united) takes a seat further down the table and no longer wishes to get involved in the power games the psychopaths and sociopaths which infest the halls of power iin all nations dream up to their own benefit. I prefer the Canadian MO to the US MO – fewer people get hurt. Still, in general I like most Americans I meet – they are, in the main, a warm and welcoming group of people who want to rub along nicely with the rest of us as long as their brand of the aforementioned psycho/sociopaths allow it. God bless American (if you're given to superstition and need an imaginary friend) Long live America (if you're not and don't)

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    @hellojasonsuresh

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Even though the focus on the Special Relationship is often on military and economic ties, I think it is really entrenched through cultural ties. It's not just linguistic, but in the almost weekly collaborations that are released between British and American artists in the charts, or the constant featuring of UK actors in US films or US films set in the UK. Soft power in the world is dominated by products of the US/UK, often jointly – and that's been the case since the emergence of pop music out of both countries in the post war period. Since The Beatles and Elvis, both countries have had unstoppable music markets. It's so integrated now that many people don't even know which artists/bands are American and which are British.

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    @ayushgupta4376

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    A small island ravaged by Nazis whose redevelopment was done on alms from the great father across the Atlantic. It's 1 line definition of Britain.

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    @monstersince

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    feck me this is an old video of shite. then america got Strump and Biden. fuckwits no one respects

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    @Razzle_Dazzle-

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    There is no "special relationship". A country always put their own interest first. USA plan to invade Canada in 1920s and Britain try to weaken USA by supporting Confederate in Civil War. USA take over Britain as leading power after 1945, Britain can't even match Soviet influence by that time. Britain reluctantly resign from its superpower position but try again during Suez Crisis. After Suez Crisis, Britain finally realize their era has ended. They must follow USA command since then

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    @karlslicher8520

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    We invent it, the US kills with it, the premier power couple will forever dominate.

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    @Lionhearted626

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    I’m an American, anti trump, and I know the common man Brit’s don’t really like us. But I’ve always liked y’all and hope good things for both of us.

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    @msmissy6888

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    The “special relationship” is a lie. We in Britain know that. It’s just business.

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    @plepstone5238

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    We are so tiny, US would eat us alive

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30. 

    @theretarbconsultant5469

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    “America has no truer friend than Britain”

    France: Bruh…

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31. 

    @bedabetarmos3006

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    United States And Kingdom in UKBSA

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32. 

    @Vasyla

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    As a Brit I love our friendship with our Yank cousins 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸 ❤️

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    @cenewton3221

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    There was much missed re the Cold War. That could warrant an entire series frankly.

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    @kingofohio5689

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Pffft. Polish hungarian friendship is way stronger than Anglo-Saxon friendship

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    @camhunter7648

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Trumps mum was British..

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    @ralphbernhard1757

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    The USA and divide Europe and rule the world…

    From wiki, and regarding the theory:
    
    "Divide and rule policy (Latin: divide et impera), or divide and conquer, in politics and sociology is gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy."
    
    Elements of this technique involve:
    
    – creating or encouraging divisions …
    
    – to prevent alliances that could challenge …
    
    – distributing forces that they overpower the other
    
    – aiding and promoting those who are willing to cooperate
    
    – fostering distrust and enmity
    
    Historically, this strategy was used in many different ways by empires seeking to expand their territories."
    
    [editted for clarity re. the states/empires level of things]

    Regarding in practice:
    
    After her defeat in 1871, and being isolated by all of her neighbors, France started "making eyes at" Washington DC (as exemplified by the Statue of Liberty "gift to the American people"). Since the Franco-Prussian War had already removed the biggest obstacle to a French/US rapprochement, which was Napoleon "meddle in Mexico" the III, this war thereby inadvertently opened the door to better relations between Washington and Paris. Of course, the divider must be receptive to such advances.

    What was "in it" for Washington DC?
    
    Simple: After almost a century of British and French attempts of playing "divide and rule/conquer" in North America, trying to avoid a single hegemony here (Washington DC) to advance own interests at the expense of North American unity, it was now Washington DC's turn to start playing some "division" back at Europe…

    First "tool" to come swimming across the Atlantic, straight into the wide open loving tender arms of the eagerly awaiting American Internationalism? (soon to become the all-powerful American Century)
    
    Answer: Isolated France/Paris, in conflict or dissed by her neighbors.
    
    Who would have ever thought that dissing a neighbor could ever have consequences…

    Regarding this policy, it needs a keen sense of observation by a nation's leaders, so as not to inadvertently become a part of it.
    
    "Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it."
    
    Robert Greene
    
    And "observe the details" and "leverage" is what the American Internationalism fans did…

    The next "tool" to come swimming across the Atlantic with a Great Rapprochement, amongst other less "valuable" suitors (like Germany, see below comment), was London. It was London which had the "policy" standpoints which would make any binding geopolitical/grand strategy treaties with continental powers in peacetimes virtually impossible. It was also London which intended to keep the continent of Europe in a situation of constant tension, exploiting the already existing tensions by pacifying these when it suited London, or amplifying these when some form of benefit could be descerned (multiple examples in the thread below).
    
    These were her own historical attempts at "dividing the continent" and "ruling the world" which wiser heads in London were already beginning to question as they obviously noticed a shift in the global balance of power.

    Note that in order to play this game, the "divider" must have some form of advantage. In regards to Washington DC, this advantage which it could use to attract suitors was their own rapidly increasing power. Ever important markets acting like a lighthouse for capitalist ventures. But with a geographical advantage which made it virtually impossible to invade by the late-1900s, the USA already had little to fear militarily (unless of course Europe should inexplicably become united and speak with a single powerfull voice, by settling the multitude of differences).

    What was "in it" for Washington DC in her favoratism of London?
    
    London was Europe's only power that could effectively unite Europe, by acting as a unifying power as a matter of policy, rather than as an aloof divider herself.
    
    Regarding any form of united Europe, by whomever or for whatever reasons, the "gatekeepers" sat in London. A "united Europe" either with or without GB/Empire could only go through London and with London's approval. Ask Napoleon I. He knows what it resulted in when "gatekeepers" stepped in to avoid any form of continental unity or hegemony. These "gatekeepers" followed policies which made any form of unity impossible. At the first signs of unity/friendship on the continent, London would step in and divide, using a variety of age-old, trusted and well-honed skills up to the point of declaring preventive wars (multiple examples in the thread below).

    A disunited Europe at this point, suited Washington DC just fine.

    Their first really big attempt at expanding beyond the limits of the own Monroe Doctrine, and the "promises made" not to meddle in European affairs was Spain.
    
    Me: "pwomises" 🙂
    
    With the Monroe Doctrine Washington DC stated: "Don't worry Europe, we are satiated…"
    
    The rapidly sinking Spanish Empire offered the territories as a "gateway to China" in the form of already annexed Hawaii, the Philippenes and Guam and protection for the seaways in between. The 1898 Spanish American War was then simply the torero sticking a sword into the neck of the dying bull…a fitting allegory. Obviously "triggered" by the Japanese annexation of Formosa in 1895.
    
    To achieve all of this Washington DC needed European indifference for the cause of "weak failing empires" (Darwinism), and divided Europe happily complied…

    Notice that one of the key strategies in "dividing" others is to take opposing positions in political issues, without these positions being based on moral standards or principles (see below comment explaining the principles and effects of power on the interests of states/empires). Simply strengthen the position of one side in an issue at one time, then make a 180 degree about turn and support the other side another time. An example here is for the two Moroccan crises (1905 vs. 1911). In 1905, Washington DC actually tacidly supported the German position and insisted on Morrocan independence, protecting it from being carved up by France/Spain. In 1911, the USA chose the side of the colonial powers against Berlin's position, and signed Moroccan independence away to "the wolves" of colonialism.
    
    "Right or wrong" is of course easily and neutrally determined by "putting oneself in the shoes" of others.
    
    When it came to "little nations being thrown to crocodiles", own interests came first.
    
    Principles went overboard.
    
    What aided in dividing Europe came first. The independence of little nations? Not so much…
    
    Washington DC: "Principles like we showed in 1905? Nah. Let's ruffle some European feathers."

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37. 

    @sirlaggzalot5955

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Lol imagine getting arrested for hate speech

    Britbongers stay losing

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    @jermainedification

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Best anglophone countries 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

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    @pa7447

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Yes they are using us and we really have nothing in common.

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    @lennon890

    January 1, 2024 at 11:59 am

    Send Anne Sacoolas to the UK. Send 'Prince' Andrew to the US. That'll help repair the special relationship!

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