I don't think there's any deep psychological reason. It isn't comparable, say, to America's involvement with Vietnam and the emotional scars that that has left behind. A much more cogent way of looking at it is that the British have suddenly realized that they have their own equivalent of the perennial western. We have an immense, extremely colorful, diverse history of the empire, and I think people are just beginning to realize that there are jolly good stories there for the telling. . Valerie Fitzgerald
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The British have also experienced their own equivalent of the Vietnam War. Although it is still being talked about, the world's attention has shifted towards other issues. No one seems to care about the British involvement in the Middle East. They are still trying to find out who blew up the plane that crashed into their parliament.

Moreover, they are still trying to determine who was responsible for the riots that took place after the plane crash. The westerners are not concerned with how their country has transformed into a third-world nation due to all the war it has been involved in over the years. The British are very much aware of their empire but they do not seem to be upset about its departure.

They seem to be rather happy with their new role as a world power.

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