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Obama Gives Britain the Cold Shoulder
Wall Street Journal ^ | December 13, 2009 | Con Coughlin

Posted on 12/14/2009 6:39:45 AM PST by C19fan

Britain is the only European country President Barack Obama can really count on to respond positively to his plea for NATO to provide extra forces for Afghanistan. So why is it, then, that the Obama administration can barely conceal its disdain for a nation that, by its deeds, time and again proves itself to be America's staunchest and most reliable ally?

Shortly before Mr. Obama's Afghan policy speech at West Point earlier this month, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced Britain was sending another 500 troops to that beleaguered country, bringing the total number of British troops to around 10,000. Yet the president never mentioned Britain's support—even though, unlike most other European countries, British soldiers are prepared to undertake combat operations, and have incurred significant casualties in so doing.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhouk; britain; eu; kenya; kenyan; obama; snub
I did not know Zero mentioned this in his books:

In his autobiographical book "The Audacity of Hope," Mr. Obama unflatteringly compares the British Empire to South Africa's apartheid regime and the former Soviet Union.

When is Zero going to return the Presidential desk that was a gift from Queen Victoria?

1 posted on 12/14/2009 6:39:45 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Why does he hate the Brits?

Weren’t they fawning over him like the French and Germans were just before the elections?


2 posted on 12/14/2009 6:43:54 AM PST by Muzzle_em (Adopt a new furry best friend today! They have nothing but love to give.)
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To: C19fan

He despises the UK because they colonized his homeland (Kenya). Ignore the fact that they actually brought positive things to this backward place (think toilets and education). It’s about the colonial aspect of the relationship that fuels his ill will.


3 posted on 12/14/2009 6:43:55 AM PST by dumpthelibs (dumpthelibs)
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To: C19fan
Was not Great Britain the government of Kenya one time? What influence did Obama’s father have over a young kids view of the world?
4 posted on 12/14/2009 6:44:08 AM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: C19fan

It is quite easy to understand the great zero’s motivations. Whatever is in our country’s best interests, he will do the opposite. Just like the aclu.


5 posted on 12/14/2009 6:44:11 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: C19fan
Con-Job Coughlin is not a very credible journalist.

But beside that, it is a well known and widely accepted fact that the Brits don't know how to do COIN.

The US COIN mission didn't begin until McChrystal began rotating the Marines into and the Brits out of Helmand.

6 posted on 12/14/2009 6:53:47 AM PST by Ben Ficklin
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To: mountainlion

0bama was not raised by his father, but was rearted by Frank Marshall Davis...


7 posted on 12/14/2009 6:54:14 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: C19fan

Dear Great Britain. Hang on.

The majority of us consider you to be our greatest ally.

The majority of us also consider the Kenyan Klod to be our greatest enemy.

Summary: He sucks, you don’t.


8 posted on 12/14/2009 6:55:01 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: C19fan
When is Zero going to return the Presidential desk that was a gift from Queen Victoria?

While he's at it I wish he'd return the WH and Presidency to the people of the U.S.

9 posted on 12/14/2009 6:56:06 AM PST by YankeeReb (There's no such thing as Free Health care OR a JOBLESS RECOVERY)
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To: dumpthelibs
"He despises the UK because they colonized his homeland (Kenya). "

...and they're predominately white.
10 posted on 12/14/2009 6:56:21 AM PST by FrankR (SENATE: You cram it down our throats in '09, We'll shove it up your ass in '10...count on it.)
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To: sheik yerbouty
0bama was not raised by his father, but was rearted by Frank Marshall Davis...

Obama was influenced by his father and supported the same person in Kenya that his father supported. Obama is said to have received college grant form Kenya form this person.

11 posted on 12/14/2009 6:59:11 AM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: C19fan

I guess he dislikes any country that supports the wat on terror.


12 posted on 12/14/2009 6:59:51 AM PST by stockpirate (Obama, 55% disapproval rating, rasmussen, -19)
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To: C19fan

FWIW:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1315648,CST-NWS-Obama05.article

British tortured Obama’s grandfather
KENYA | Paternal grandfather abused by colonial troops during uprising after WWII, stepgrandmother tells paper


13 posted on 12/14/2009 7:04:37 AM PST by maggief
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To: Muzzle_em

They tuned up his Grandfather, a Mau Mau supporter [activist?] during the insurgency. And his Commie Dad didn’t like them, either.


14 posted on 12/14/2009 7:31:23 AM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: C19fan

I saw a three-pack of Steve Martin DVDs at Best Buy that could smooth this whole situation over.


15 posted on 12/14/2009 8:10:30 AM PST by LifeComesFirst (http://rw-rebirth.blogspot.com/)
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To: Da Coyote

P.S. Make more funny sitcoms, ditch the Office type stuff and get back to the Father Ted/Fawlty Towers/BlackAdder/Keeping Up Appearances kinda stuff. And more Red Dwarf and Cadfael episodes.


16 posted on 12/14/2009 8:14:02 AM PST by LifeComesFirst (http://rw-rebirth.blogspot.com/)
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To: C19fan

Actually our staunchest ally has been Australia.


17 posted on 12/14/2009 10:26:46 AM PST by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: mountainlion

Maybe, but Davis was a radical and a pedophile, and was the Anointed
One’s close companion in Hawaii..


18 posted on 12/14/2009 11:32:02 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: mountainlion

0bama got funds from there, and later in NYC, funds from Fraudi advisor and former Black Panther Khalid al Nosair..


19 posted on 12/14/2009 7:48:45 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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