"...or is it just shove some union jacks in a few corners of america's empire? "

-Got it in one. Its all reinforcement of Sturmers dog-whistle "...we'll be your dog" message to Biden:

"The United Kingdom is at its best when the world knows we have the courage of our convictions and a clear moral purpose.

For the United States of America and for Britain, this is the time to return to the world stage. This is the time for us to lead."

https://members5.boardhost.com/xxxxx/msg/1605033210.html

- Sturmer is up for out-Blairing Blair.... and Biden of course was one of the main backers of the Iraqi war. These people simply have no qualms about murdering people in the middle east: I think they see Iraq as "a success".
So maybe its going to be Iran this time? Arabs...Persians...who cares? they all look the same from this distance and the groundwork is already done on Iran: "...the leading state-sponsor of terrorism" apparently: there has never been a bigger divide between the apparent and the real.

-I reckon if we let them destroy Iran then its quite simply the beginning of the end for all of us.