According to the New York Times, "British Cancel Another Flight as Allies Query U.S." Britain up in arms? That's not good at all. But reading the article, it turns out the "allies" are France and Mexico, even though one would assume they meant the UK from the headline.
Since both France and Mexico, UN Security Council members at the time, utterly opposed US intervention in Iraq, calling them allies is a bit of a stretch. Now, maybe Mexico is an ally of sorts, or at least not against us, but France is an enemy -- even Tom Friedman of the Times knows that.
UPDATE: The NYT story does have some criticism of the US from British pilots, however:
In another indication of the turmoil resulting from the increased security measures, an American official said that the cancellation of the British Airways flights was not in response to United States safety concerns, but rather was prompted by the refusal of British pilots to fly with armed marshals on board.I guess that got clogged in my BS filter the first time through. Posted by Kevin Murphy at January 3, 2004 12:06 AM | TrackBack