摘要
T he a r ticle in Time on May 12th 2019,Austerity-Battered U.K.‘Re t r e a t i n g B e h i n d a Nucle a r Shield’mentions that the budget cutbacks have contributed to growing doubts in Washington about whether Britain remains capable of fighting a war alongside the American military.France is gradually supplanting Britain as the leading European m ilitary ally of the United States,further weakening the“special relationship”between Britain and America.