Posted on 09/24/2009 1:17:00 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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 - lessons would have been learned. Apparently not.
Admittedly, part of the problem was Downing Street’s over-anxiety to secure a face-to-face meeting for domestic political purposes but the White House should still have been more obliging.
Mr Obama’s churlishness is fresh evidence that the US/UK special relationship is a one-way street.
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I get angry about it considering we are on the field of battle together.
Obama=no class! Too busy sucking up to Dictators.
This is very, very strange. WTF does Brack think he’s doing expressing personal feelings on the job?
Incredible. Simply incredible.
He has gone out of his way to crap on our allies to impress is new homies.
OBAMA seems to want to wreck us with our people, allies and the economy.
He seems we have a radical anarchist in power.
Anyone agree with my assessment?
I do feel sorry for Gordon but how about us ‘Mericans, we gotta put up with this putz’ “churlishness” all the freakin time!
Although the British don’t much like us anymore either, I’ve never stopped being appreciative of their support and alliance even when we haven’t been easy allies.
It truly saddens me to see us reneging (OMG, am I a racist?) on our deals with eastern Europe, who have been nothing but open and supportive of us.
The people in the world who hated us won’t stop hating us because Obama kisses their rings. But the few friends we did have WILL stop loving us if we prove our friendship was never worth keeping.
For the life of me I can’t understand why no one seems to have an issue with that save people like us.
You Churl!
Obama is a classless jerk.
This is not the kind of behavior you expect from the "leader" of the formerly free world. This is how you expect Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro to act. While Gordon Brown is an idiot he is still PM of the UK government, our closest ally.
It will take years to repair this damage.
Did he at least give him an iPod? Or an X-Box?
What are we to make of this?
That Obama has about as much respect for you as he does the American people?
Yeah go with that..........
Obama=no class! Too busy sucking up to Dictators.”
NOBAMA= third generation hatred of the Brits...
Granddaddy was a Mau Mau finally caught by the Brits and imprisoned.
Daddy Obama hated the Brits for imprisoning his daddy.
Taught same hatred to NObama.
All the actions by NObama since Jan 20, 2009, has shown his complete disdain for anything Brit.
Government schools.
And I thought Gordon Brown was a leftist like Obama. What gives?
Its simple, bammy is playing his kenyan colonial card against his British overlords. Keeping it real dawg! fosnizzle, or some such nonsense.
White infidel?
With all due respect, Mau Mau is in his genes. They hate the Brits.
If I were Brown - I would announce that due to lack of American cooperation with his Administration, the UK has no choice but to pack up and leave Afghanistan within 6 months.
I would be EMBARRASSED to have to chase through a kitchen for a meeting.
0bama rejected the meeting, because he’s trying to get the US out of Afghanisatn, and didn’t want to explain that to our allies.
Sorry British dudes! Obama is a post-modernist which means he believes that Blighty is the land of oppression and the enemy of the proletariat. As such he is going to be an arrogant jerk towards anyone who represents the Old Order.
I thought Clinton was about as classless an American president as would ever see in my lifetime. Boy, oh boy, was I ever wrong.
I do. He’s a radical Marxist, not a radical anarchist. He wants to do away with the Cold War relationships (ie dump our allies) and support marxist scumbags (such as Zeleya).
I think the Queen got the iPOD with a series of his speeches.
If not respected, known for what we have become in a short eight months; and they “ain’t” seen nothing yet. Why should he treat the British PM any different than he does the military. On one blog I say the troll said Obama ignored him because he let the Libyan go home without Obama’s OK, however the Scottish judge contacted Hillary and the unsavory Attorney General. Did you notice how the B huSSer thanked the Brits for saving the NY Times reporter during his weekend news bender; they really appreciated the extra effort./s
His supposed father was not a big part of his life. Hatred is generally learned. Who else taught him?
That’s okay. I imagine President Palin and Prime Minister Cameron forging a strong alliance in the winter of 2013, and now the Brits will be more appreciative of her than they would have otherwise.
Ha! The Brits will never “get it” on their own.
Here’s a hint folks, YOU BE WHITE!
Weird how he won’t meet with Brown, but has already met with Russian leadership, has practically begged dinnerjacket for a lunch date, wants to give money to the libyan and wishes to prop up the Honduran imposter.
I think I see a pattern forming.
“What are we to make of this? “
WHat most of America is finally coming to realize - the man is an asshat, a leftist snob bent on the destruction of “America” as both an ideal and as a Nation-State.
But then he IS a Democract.... or at least sez he iz.
On behalf of the United States, I apologize for our CINC’s behavior. It is unforgivable and disturbing.
It will happen again, until he is out of office.
I would pull troops out of harm’s way while he is our CINC.
I would hope that our allies know that it’s not the American people that are doing this. It’s one man.
Daddy Obama hated the Brits for imprisoning his daddy. Taught same hatred to NObama.
Obama never knew his daddy. His father was just another guy looking to get his rocks off.
There's millions of guys in this country with the same MO of no responsibility for their children. Just keepin it real.
Love me, I am the great obozo!
baby boy hates the Brits almost as much as he hates whites.
No, he gave him a dvd player to play his american dvds. But it works only on 110v. UK uses 220v. /s
However, we do know Obama will bend-over for Kings, Despots and Masters of Islam; while practicing his identity politics.
They don’t like us very much anymore, but eventually they are going to need us when they finally have to clean house.
I hope so too.
He is — but he’s white.
He is — but he’s white.
From The Times (LONDON TIMES) December 3, 2008
Beatings and abuse made Barack Obama’s grandfather loathe the British
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5276010.ece
FTA
“Mrs Onyango, 87, described how “white soldiers” visited the prison every two or three days to carry out “disciplinary action” on the inmates suspected of subversive activities.”
Very interesting article.
It seems other nations have longer memories than Americans do.
The voters think history starts with every election. We’re truly a disfunctional electorate.
His grandfather’s treatment was noted in one of his books.
waddaya expect from a guy that gives dvd’s to the Queen?
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