Long Live the Brits

On page A10 of today's New York Times was an ad by Virgin Atlantic Airlines reading as follows: "Take your closest ally to visit America's closest ally" – then urging you to buy a ticket on Virgin to visit London. Later in the ad, there's this slick line: "So choose a friend, book online, and head to England."

There's been no better friend to the U.S. than England throughout this ordeal and, brash commercialism aside, why not trumpet that? Tourism to France (surrender monkeys), Asia (SARS), and the Middle East should suffer so that we Americans can drink warm beer and eat haggis. God Bless Tony Blair!