Above his paygrade.
Posted on 09/24/2009 5:08:29 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
The juxtaposition on our front page this morning is striking. We carry a photograph of Acting Sgt Michael Lockett - who was killed in Helmand on Monday - receiving the Military Cross from the Queen in June, 2008. He was the 217th British soldier to die in the Afghan conflict. Alongside the picture, we read that the Prime Minister was forced to dash through the kitchens of the UN in New York to secure a few minutes “face time” with President Obama after five requests for a sit-down meeting were rejected by the White House.
What are we to make of this? This country has proved, through the bravery of men like Acting Sgt Lockett, America’s staunchest ally in Afghanistan. In return, the American President treats the British Prime Minister with casual contempt. The President’s graceless behaviour is unforgivable. As most members of the Cabinet would confirm, it’s not a barrel of laughs having to sit down for a chat with Gordon Brown. But that’s not the point. Mr Obama owes this country a great deal for its unflinching commitment to the American-led war in Afghanistan but seems incapable of acknowledging the fact. You might have thought that after the shambles of Mr Brown’s first visit to the Obama White House - when there was no joint press conference and the President’s “gift” to the Prime Minister was a boxed DVD set - that lessons would have been learned. Apparently not.
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Above his paygrade.
What makes this writer think the Obama Administration was the least bit interested in learning said lesson?
Or that the Obama Administration was trying to impart a lesson of its own to Britain - and our other allies?
The Obama Administration did not use reason to reach the positions it now occupies - so why would reason be effective to talk them out of those positions?
The only think that will knock some sense into them is the harsh bite of hard reality - and we can only hope the collateral damage to American citizens and American interests is not horrific.
Actually, it is quite simple: Great Britain is a staunch ally of the United States. And therefore an enemy of ObaMao.
Obama is a jackass. My sincere apologies to any Brits who frequent this forum. I guarantee very few Americans (even most who voted for O) share his contempt of our traditional allies.
Except, that it is not mere thoughtlessness. It is outright contempt.
Kenyans have always blamed the British for all their problems.
BO identifies as a Kenyan, not an American. After all, he says the USA is nothing special. (As such, he should be treated with the same amount of respect that the president of Botswana receives, shouldn’t he?)
I’m sure the majority of people in Great Britain were ecstatic over obama’s ascendancy in Nov 2008. They got what they wanted, so they shouldn’t complain about him now.
the antics of Gordon Brown groveling to this TOTUS make Uriah Heep (the Dickens one) seem like a sympathetic character
Why would the PM wish to speak to Obama anyhow? What would be the purpose?
Obama is very ideologically committed, and his actions are very predictable. It isn’t like the British government would be able to influence Obama’s actions by talk.
The PM should just do what he thinks is in the best interests of his own country- and not worry about Obama’s reaction.
Obama is not exactly fond of countries who actually like America.
No Britain, he hates all of you. Why is it you don’t get that?
He hates America too. Join the club.
That said, Obama has a special hatred of the UK because of its colonisation of Kenya and other parts of Africa.
Obambi’s true Paygrade should be that of a Dirty Diaper Sorter except William Ayers, the Unrepentant Pentagon Bomber, created this POS to attempt to carry out Ayer’s once Failed Agenda! OBAMBI Hates AMERICA! and ALL THAT AMERICA STANDS FOR!!
OBAMBI FAILED AT EVEN WRITING HIS OWN FORGED “MEMOIRS!”
AYERS WROTE “DREAMS FROM MY DRUNKEN, POLYGAMIST, ABSENT, IRRESPONSIBLE, KENYAN BORN, SNAKEOIL SALESMAN FATHER!”
OBAMBI was/is to Incompetent a Talent and Character to complete such a Work:-(
Mr. Brown's sin is believing it is American-led. Until, the One is the acknowledged leader of the "Nation of the One" no respect will be given.
In fact Rahmbos family name was changed to “Emmanuel” to honor a great uncle who died in Palestine from...
shrapnel? (Or maybe British rope burn?)
My hunch it was Rahmbo as much or more than obama who sent Churchhill’s bust back to England the day after Inauguration
1) United States of America
2) United Kingdom
3) Israel
People voted for the opposite of George W. Bush. They got it in spades.
I suspect he got his attitude about Britain from his (supposedly) male genetic material donor. I suspect that "Kenyan daddy" was anti-British, in addition to being a Marxist.
the bomb is a disgrace to the country, and I balme those who voted for him.
Dear UK, you take care of kicking out your childish leftist Prime Minister.
We’ll hopefully take care of kicking out our idiotic, leftist, immature, slothlike, (insert N negative adjectives here - where N is a very large number) thing posing as a human.
As per usual, we’ve outdone ourselves this time. The Obamaloon is an inexcusable piece of slime mold vaulted into the presidency. We apologize.
I suspect that Obama harbors a deep-seated animosity toward Britain because Kenya was a British colony.
In over his head.
Obama is despicable.
But he’ll bow down to kiss the hand of the Saudi king, by God!
You forgot Honduras, he's not real fond of them either, and I hope they end up shoving it up his a**.
How's that Hope And Change working out for you folks? I guess he really isn't Princess Di reincarnated, is he?
A huge ditto to that!!
Is Barry simply waiting for Britain to become fully Muslim so they can meet in Londonistan?
The lessons to be learned are being learned, painfully and slowly, by the British government.
A buffoon and a neophyte................
He’s an angry kid with a bulldozer.
ism's aren't genetic, they're taught.
Who is this person?
Applies over here, as well. Mr Affirmative Action, Never Had a Real Job, Never Ran or Managed Anything Other Than a Campaign Obama owes this country a great deal, too, but seems incapable of acknowledging the fact.
“I’m sure the majority of people in Great Britain were ecstatic over obama’s ascendancy in Nov 2008.”
Yep, nearly all of them wanted Obama; well now they’ve got him. All the time W was president, he was always respectful to the British leaders, but he never got any credit for it on either side of the Atlantic; he received only contempt for all of his politeness.
Despite the fact that "Kenyan daddy" kicked both Obama and his mother in the face by abandoning them, "Junior" modelled himself after his genetic father. He deliberately CHOSE his "-isms" to be the same as his maternal genetic material donor. "Junior" said so himself, repeatedly, in his writings. And an anti-British sentiment would "fit right in thtere" with his self-selected philosophical positions.
So, "self-taught" applies.
The UK didnt help itself at all with the Lockerbie fiasco. However, even beyond that, Emperor Obama has an intense dislike for the UK dating back to his family’s Mau Mau associations. Finally, learn the lesson Poland and the Czechs have recently learned: you are on your own, there is no gatekeeper at the front door of freedom.
Another day, another outrage with this POS as President.
Can’t it be sooner?
You are right on. This man occupying our whitehouse is a crass, crude, arrogant tasteless man.
Obama views the USA like an envious and resentful Third Worlder, and he’s not interested in any “special relationships” with white, European nations.
And it’s good to see that some Euros are beginning to see Obama for what he actually is: a leftist ideologue, and a lightweight who learned to read a teleprompter and pull the wool over the eyes of enough guilt-ridden white folks to win the election against one of the worst Republican candidates in living memory. Hopefully, enough Americans are waking up to make this poser a one-termer in 2012, and to take away his support in Congress in 2010.
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Quite right.
It’s interesting that Obama is wildly popular with white Brits while Obama couldn’t care less about Britain. That’s the plain truth you residents of the U.K. Britain is now lumped in with the rest of the world’s countries. Yemen is probably higher on the Obama totem pole than is the U.K. Forget about that special relationship. Obama has a new world order planned, and Brits (and Europeans) will be sucking hind teat.
It never ceases to amaze me that people will swoon at a charmer and then, when he turns out to not be so charming, ask “What happened? He seemed so, so nice!”
It’s like seeing an abusive marriage play out on the world stage. The abuser toys with his victim but keeps the charm coming, making things very confusing, but in the end getting exactly what he wants.
Obambi was very, very clear about what his intentions were and he is carrying them out with speed, determination, and a lot of street-smart skill. He never hid the fact that he wants the U.S. to be like countries that are headed by totalitarian governments. It’s like the old abuse analogy above. “But, but, but, he’s so charming and he’s so, so NICE, so how could he really MEAN that?”
The world got what they wanted (the U.S. brought to its knees) and now we all are going to pay for it, for a very, very long time, and in more ways than one.
Except for a small matter called the Logan Act.
obama is a pompous asshole, period.
Hasn't ever seemed to bother "Brother Jimmuh", now has it???
The UK isn’t Muslim enough yet to merit The One’s attention. Institute Sharia and get back to him then.
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