A silver lining for the BP spill

As anger in the U.S. increases over British Petroleum's having done exactly what the U.S. economy's unrestrained lust for oil required, so the British resentment begins to rise, a sort of political version of Newton's third law.

This could work out well. For instance, after a little more British bashing by Obama, the Brits might say, "You're right. We're at fault here. And it's going to cost us a ton of money. So why don't you take care of Afghanistan from now on?"

As the "allied" effort in Iraq dwindles to just the United States, so might the war in Afghanistan. Maybe we'd just bag it.

Not likely, but one can dream.