No, apparently we are now also expected to enforce Britain’s truly insane immigration policies.

In yet another augur of trouble ahead for the world’s most important alliance with Tony Blair out and Gordon Brown in, the British government is demanding the extradition of five jihadists being held at Guantanamo Bay. Here’s the wrinkle: The five are not British nationals.

As the Associated Press reports this morning, they are “Saudi Arabian national Shaker Aamer, Jordanian Jamil el-Banna, Libyan-born Omar Deghayes, Ethiopian national Binyam Mohamed and Algerian Abdennour Sameur.” All of them had been “granted refugee status, indefinite leave or exceptional leave to remain in Britain before they were detained” for fighting with the enemy in the ongoing war.

We are holding these people because they are a threat to the United States. They are not Britons. The Brits are an important ally, so we should hear them out before politely declining. While they are in Gitmo, these men will remain detained and will not kill more Americans. If sent to Britain, they will no doubt be freed on “control order” monitoring, which has proved to be a joke. They will be able to go right back to the jihad — maybe even join the already robust jihad in Londonistan.

At Blair’s request, we already sent detained jihadis who actually were British nationals back to Britain. It was not a good idea, but it was one of those politically expedient things you reluctatntly do to appease a staunch ally feeling some political heat. This, however, is too much to ask.

And what is Gordon “Don’t say ‘Muslim’” Brown thinking? He is willing to endanger his own population by importing the jihadists of other nations — a move guaranteed to encourage a new influx of jihadis – just so he can make political points with the hard Left in his country that abhors Guantanamo Bay?

He should talk to Howard Dean … he sounds like a natural to keynote the Dems’ ‘08 convention!