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Special Relationship under fire: Obama's refusal to back Britain over the Falklands is a disgrace
London Telegraph Blogs (U.K.) ^ | February 25, 2010 | Nile Gardiner

Posted on 02/25/2010 4:31:35 AM PST by Schnucki

The Obama administration’s decision to remain neutral in the dispute between Great Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands is a shameful decision that will go down very badly across the Atlantic. As The Times has just reported, Washington has point blank refused to support British sovereignty over the Falklands, and is adopting a strictly neutral approach.

In the words of a State Department spokesman:

“We are aware not only of the current situation but also of the history, but our position remains one of neutrality. The US recognises de facto UK administration of the islands but takes no position on the sovereignty claims of either party.”

The remarks had echoes of an earlier statement by a senior State Department protocol official who, when asked about the shoddy treatment of the British Prime Minister in March last year, responded:

“There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.”

Even by the relentlessly poor standards of the Obama administration, whose doctrine unfailingly appears to be “kiss your enemies and kick your allies”, this is a new low. The White House’s neutrality in a major dispute between America’s closest friend and the likes of Venezuelan tyrant Hugo Chavez, Argentina’s biggest backer, represents the appalling appeasement of an alliance of anti-Western Latin American regimes, stretching from Caracas to Havana – combined with a callous indifference towards the Anglo-American alliance.

Over the course of the last year, we’ve seen a staggering array of foreign policy follies by this administration, from the throwing under the bus of the Poles and the Czechs over missile defence to siding with Marxists in Honduras. But this latest pronouncement surely takes the biscuit as the most brazen betrayal so far of a US ally.

As the

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: bho4communists; bhohatesallies; bhovsuk; britain; communism; communistat1600; dnc4communists; dnchatesallies; dncvsuk; falklands; obama
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To: gogogodzilla

not going to disagree with that


41 posted on 02/25/2010 4:52:01 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: Tzfat
30 posts before you nailed it!

Of course The Kenyan hates Britain.

42 posted on 02/25/2010 4:56:33 PM PST by Churchillspirit (9/11/01...NEVER FORGET.)
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To: PzLdr

Even if that were true, how much influence do you think the Brits had over the election of a US president?


43 posted on 02/27/2010 3:36:19 PM PST by Vanders9
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To: angcat

Well it was more sort of the media made sure the British knew who Obama was, whereas no one knew who McCain was at all.


44 posted on 02/27/2010 3:37:35 PM PST by Vanders9
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