A Partnership of Shared Purpose

IN HIS FIRST MEETING with President Bush as Britain’s prime minister, Gordon Brown confounded many this week when he unambiguously affirmed “the historic partnership of shared purpose” between Great Britain and the United States. Indeed, when it comes to national security issues such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and the war on terror, Mr. Brown sounds as determined to prevail as his predecessor, Tony Blair–and more hawkish than any of the Democratic presidential hopefuls.