Posted on 06/12/2010 8:24:19 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
BARACK OBAMA yesterday told David Cameron that his aggressive stance towards BP over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster was not motivated by anti-British prejudice.
The US president, whose grandfather was allegedly tortured by the British in colonial Kenya, has pointedly referred to the oil giant as “British Petroleum”, although it changed its name nine years ago. British politicians claimed he was exploiting BP’s origins to deflect attention from his failure to manage the crisis.
After yesterday’s 30-minute telephone conversation, No 10 issued a carefully worded statement to defuse the growing transatlantic tensions. It stated: “President Obama said to the prime minister that BP was a multinational global company and that frustrations about the oil spill had nothing to do with national identity. The prime minister stressed the economic importance of BP to the UK, US and other countries. The president made it clear that he had no interest in undermining BP’s value.”
The softening of the row comes as BP prepares to offer new concessions to the US government, including a plan to set aside billions of dollars in a ring-fenced “clean-up fund”.
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The Anglophile elite in the US was overthrown a long time ago, and the ONLY reason why we should have a close relationship with the UK is the foothold it provides us in Europe. Any other argument is based on foolish emotional and so-called cultural ties that are only held by a small and dwindling minority of the American population.
Obama also told Cameron that he thought the Welch people made awesome jam.
Time for some damage control. 0bama’s going to send Joe Biden over to say how much he loves the English. With stops in Glasgow, Cardiff, and Dublin.
He is not specifically anti-British. He is strongly anti-American and that necessarily includes some hostility toward countries that have been allies of the evil America so a bit of that hostility leaks across the Atlantic, a bit splashing Britain while the greatest part of the much descends on Israel.
He learned his history from the eminent Professor Karl Marx and specialized under Professor Vladimir Ulyanov.
“Barack Obama: I’m not anti-British”
He lies every time he speaks.
Obama is such a liar - smooth, yes - but still a liar
Or from your keyboard to God's monitor . . . .
Yes.
I have nothing personal against the English (who are but one component of the UK of course), but don't believe that we should walk arm in arm on every foreign policy initiative, nor should we show them excessive deference founded in sentimentality and fraud.
Well congratulations!!!
Two words:
Bull, and
Sh*t
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