Meanwhile, in the increasingly misleadingly-named Conservative Party, friends of America are having a hard time. Not only did once reliable Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague condemn the President’s new Iraq strategy, but Shadow Defense Secretary Liam Fox seems to be coming under considerable internal fire for his views on foreign policy. Liam is one of the staunchest supporters of the Atlantic alliance within the Conservative leadership and an insightful analyst of where the global threats are (his views on President Putin, for instance). He deserves far more support than he is getting.