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Cruising for Trouble (Obama: France our greatest ally)
The American Spectator ^ | 1/18/11 | Hal G. P. Colebach

Posted on 01/18/2011 3:27:56 AM PST by markomalley

In the media frenzy surrounding Tucson, a potentially infinitely more significant event has been almost ignored. Obama has set the seal on his anti-British caste of mind by declaring that France is America's "greatest ally," and that "We don't have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy, and the French people."

The first time I read this, I had trouble believing he was capable of such stupidity. To insult Britain so at this time (following up his earlier insult of returning the bust of Winston Churchill) is matches-in-the-powder-magazine stuff.

For one thing, Britain has 10,000 troops in Afghanistan, nearly three times as many as France. It is the British, not the French, who have been doing the actual fighting beside America in the war. Britain has lost nearly 350 men and women dead -- about seven times as many as France. One can only speculate on the effect reports of these comments by Obama may have on the morale of British servicemen in the field, as well as on the increasing number of wounded veterans and the families of the dead.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: resentment

1 posted on 01/18/2011 3:27:56 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Obama: making the world safe for bad guys...


2 posted on 01/18/2011 3:38:41 AM PST by DrC
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To: markomalley

Another point to consider; the last time Britain fought against us was 1815 – the War of 1812. The last time the French fought against us was in 1942 – WW II.


3 posted on 01/18/2011 3:45:18 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: markomalley

figures


4 posted on 01/18/2011 3:58:48 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: R. Scott

France the best friend we have, I know we’ll get China to make the white flags, we’ll need a lot of them.


5 posted on 01/18/2011 3:59:15 AM PST by Recon Dad ( Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.”)
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To: markomalley


6 posted on 01/18/2011 4:00:48 AM PST by jimbo123
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To: Recon Dad

While the French soldier is pretty good, their leadership has been wanting for a long time. For over a century we’ve been bailing them out.


7 posted on 01/18/2011 4:05:32 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: markomalley
To our UK Freepers..... This punk president does not speak for America.

Just watch in 2013.

8 posted on 01/18/2011 4:06:44 AM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: markomalley

France? Our best ally? All but dropped out of NATO, threatened America with nuclear weapons, embargoed Israel during the 6 Day War, and on and on...

Obama is quite the diplomatic luminary.


9 posted on 01/18/2011 4:21:34 AM PST by Jack of all Trades (Stop the change - I want to get off!)
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