I have served with Brits in combat in Desert Storm, OIF in Iraq and OEF in Afghanistan and can only think good things.
I love many things British, their guns, their houses, and lots of other stuff. We do have a great deal in common. However we are still different peoples sprouted from a common source we have different values.
Traditional American views of personal freedom and limited government while sprouting in England and through the Scottish Enlightenment are different from the current United Kingdom view.
I am always aware of the dangers of oversimplification on commonalities, while accepting they do bring us together.
As a Kansan who loves Doubleguns and Bird Dog I am aware that I have much in common and yet still have differences from a New Yorker who hunts. I have much in common with my fellow shooter from the UK and probably a few more differences.
