But when they are based in the United States and become close to the US government, they often find themselves aligned with US foreign policy.
UK 'closely aligned' with US on Syria Jump to media player Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that the UK and the US remain "closely aligned" on Syria despite the House of Commons' vote ruling out military action.
As Seumas Milne has pointed out in your columns (Britain is up to its neck in US dirty wars and death squads, 5 December 2013), Mr Cameron presides over a government that is closely aligned with US forces that continue to regard the whole world as a battlefield in the war against terror.
A smaller, paid Facebook might also be more aligned with us, its members.
Now a new generation of radical Shiites is rising up and assassinating other Shiites aligned with us; they view us as the enemy and our quest as a chance to establish an Islamist state, which Rummy says won't be tolerated.
"But no one quite understands the economics of, first of all, the transaction that we made and the resources available in terms of support — whether it's support from fans buying tickets and hot dogs, the strategic partners who want to be aligned with us, or sponsorship and media partners.
But you know, when I look at Amazon and Apple and I see companies who are extremely aligned with us, right.
Strengths of the study include good ethnic representation closely aligned with US census data and an anonymous format conducive to more accurate reporting of these behaviors.
Without an explicit ban or extraordinarily forward-looking set of policies, it is nearly impossible for the new initiative to not include proposals aligned with US or other government interests in the electoral affairs of other countries.
But if you look at what he actually has to say, he's never been aligned with us.
The government is officially aligned with us, but part of it is really with the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
