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Britain and America have strong ties, economically, culturally and militarily.
Britain and France have close ties, for the same reasons.
We have close ties with other European countries.
Our ties with Canada, Australia and New Zealand are excellent.
We've got very strong trading ties with China, and Russia is an ally.
But Russia has asked the West not to upset Syria. This seems to be a condition.
There is no evidence that Russia or China have great sympathies for the Iranian regime.
So in terms of pragmatic geopolitics, my greatest concern now is that someone tries having a go at Syria. To me it seems a forgone conclusion that Syria has not only pulled all soldiers out of Lebanon years ago, but has ceased being involved in these armed factions that once infested Lebanon.
The big menace in Lebanon now is Hezbollah, and they are Iranian backed. If we play our cards right, Syria, backed and encouraged by Russia, might once and for all stop all ties with Hezbollah or any other armed faction in Lebanon (if they haven't already done so), and this could bring about the isolation of Hezbollah. It might stop Iran supplying them with missiles and other nasty technologies, especially if Russia, with the help of Syria, approved together with the West an arms embargo on Hezbollah (checking ships sailing to Lebanon etc.)
We could of-course go in and attack Syria, unleash the devil in Lebanon as a consequence, push Syria in the arms of the Ayatollah regime in Teheran, annoy and humiliate the Russians, bring to power ten different factions (horns) in Syria, and raving fanatics, and endure all the consequences, and have the Teheran regime claiming countless moral victories and asking Russia for weapons and technology for "self-defence".
So in conclusion, if we don't do something insane, perhaps God will help us.