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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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.
Logan never stopped rats. Kennedy with the soviets, house members with the punk in Nigaragua, Just do it
Not to worry. Once the muslims have over run England; 0bama will make nice with the new shria government.
Also, let's not forget that someone in the UK government let the Lockerbie bomber out of prison, with or without Obama's blessing. So, if they feel slighted, I don't really give a rip. Whatever the case may be, the powers-that-be in the UK were in the Obama camp - almost from the very beginning - so they are now receiving their just deserts. Maybe next time, they'll keep their noses out of American politics.
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