Reply #39: IIRC the British are effectively already out of Iraq.

[mwooldri]

And they want to get out of Afghanistan SOON.

The thread was talking about UK politics, not US politics.

Under Blair and Brown, UK defence spending did go up.

Under Cameron/Clegg it's going to go down, cos Blair/Brown spent too much money.

I don't think the USA are sending the UK any cash to support their efforts in Iraq/Afghanistan to make it look like a bipartisanship deal. And yes, Bush 43 did pump up defense spending.