~* Special Relationship *~

Exactly. It's basically saying "It's still the special relationship but don't call it that." It's just like when Obama came into office and decided not to call it the "War on Terror" anymore. It's all politics and semantics. It's upsetting, a little if you take the sensationalist headline at face value, but hey, I bet we'll get some great fic out of it. *already formulating happy fic ideas about a more balanced relationship as opposed to Iggy being uke all the time*