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Barack Obama's knife in the back over the Falklands should be a wake-up call for David Cameron
Telegraph ^ | April 19th, 2012 | Nile Gardiner

Posted on 04/19/2012 3:07:38 PM PDT by george76

Barack Obama has no interest in standing with Britain over the Falklands

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Barack Obama's latest knife in the back for Britain – and there have been many - should be a wake-up call for David Cameron, whose recent trip to Washington was an undignified exercise in hero-worship toward a Left-wing president who doesn't even like the British. The prime minister should understand that Barack Obama is no friend of Britain and never will be. And nor is his Secretary of State, who has actively backed Argentina's calls for UN-brokered negotiations between London and Buenos Aires over the sovereignty of the islands.

The Obama presidency has beeen the most anti-British US administration of modern times. No amount of photo-ops at college basketball games, glamorous flights on Air Force One, or lavish state dinners stuffed full of Democrat fundraisers and donors will change that. To Mr Obama, the Prime Minister is little more than a convenient campaign prop: a compliant figure to roll out to the US media to give the impression he actually has friends on the world stage. It is time for David Cameron's reckless adulation of the Obama White House to come to an end.

President Obama doesn't believe in the Special Relationship, and this was clearly on display in Colombia. Britain's true friends in America are on the Right, not the Left. It is American conservatives who are the natural allies of Britain, not the big-government liberals currently occupying the White House,

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: argentina; cameron; davidcameron; falklands
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1 posted on 04/19/2012 3:07:41 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76

The Brits are properly pissed off, as am I.


2 posted on 04/19/2012 3:10:30 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (The only flaw is that America doesn't recognize Cyber's omniscience. -- sergeantdave)
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To: george76
ah...the ‘Maldives’

he may send the Marine ‘Corpse’ to help the Argentinians.

3 posted on 04/19/2012 3:11:49 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: george76

Las Islas Malvinas?

Was this part of counting up to 57 states? I’m surprised a dog-eating Indonesian half-Kenyan wouldn’t know the difference between Maldives and Malvinas.


4 posted on 04/19/2012 3:15:29 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: george76

Hey, you would have thought they got the message when BO threw out that bust of Churchill that has been given as a gift to the Whitehouse!


5 posted on 04/19/2012 3:21:29 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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Oh no! These boys are the best of friends! Didn't Bammy tuck lil Davie into beddy when Davie was having a sleep-over a month or so ago?

Lil Bammy would never be a double-crossing SOB, would he? Especially to his very best British friends. Bammy has always liked the British so much, and has always gone out of his way to show it.

6 posted on 04/19/2012 3:23:27 PM PDT by mojito
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To: OldNewYork

Yup, and while the media raked Dan Quayle over the coals for weeks (months?) for adding an ‘e’ to the end of ‘potato’ during an impromptu moment,’ I have heard nary a hue nor cry from the media regarding Obama’s criminal lack of knowledge about geography in a prepared speech.


7 posted on 04/19/2012 3:25:02 PM PDT by missycocopuffs
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To: george76
I agree with the major theme of comments on the Telegraph article

"Pull our troops out of Afghanistan next week, and tell Obama they are needed to reinforce the Falklands garrison."

Obama is an ass.

8 posted on 04/19/2012 3:25:12 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: george76
Best friends forever!
9 posted on 04/19/2012 3:29:26 PM PDT by Dogbert41 ("...or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. " -Jesus)
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To: Vaquero

Or the national guard units from all fifty states


10 posted on 04/19/2012 3:31:19 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
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To: missycocopuffs

Very true. Most here know why. I hope we all live long enough to laugh about this.


11 posted on 04/19/2012 3:31:45 PM PDT by OldNewYork
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To: george76

Very interesting blog. I lost all interest in Cameron when he was rude to Bush the Younger during his last months in office. And the fact that my socialist/old labour friends in England like him makes me uncomfortable. Now Ken the Red Livingstone is running for mayor of London again!


12 posted on 04/19/2012 3:32:44 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: george76

The Brits should check back with us in 2013 before writing us off.


13 posted on 04/19/2012 3:37:59 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: Vaquero
To Barack Obama from the children of the Falklands....
14 posted on 04/19/2012 3:40:52 PM PDT by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: muir_redwoods

I meant all fifty-seven states

Old habits die hard for me I guess


15 posted on 04/19/2012 3:46:13 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (I like Obamacare because Granny signed the will and I need the cash)
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To: george76
Many of my husband's British relatives LOVE Obama. But then, they are Soxilaists so it is understandable.
16 posted on 04/19/2012 4:00:13 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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To: george76

*Socialists*


17 posted on 04/19/2012 4:00:54 PM PDT by originalbuckeye
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Will Cameron be willing to risk being tossed under 0bungle’s bus and miss out on the chance of getting an I-pod loaded with The Won’s speeches?


18 posted on 04/19/2012 4:05:45 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: Dogbert41
Can only think that Cameron believes the old adage "keep your friends close and your enemies closer".

Obama is no friend to Britain.

19 posted on 04/19/2012 4:06:59 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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...while the media raked Dan Quayle over the coals for weeks (months?) for adding an ‘e’ to the end of ‘potato’ during an impromptu moment...

I read that Dan was handed cards with the words printed on them. He was reading what some teacher spelled. I truly hate the left and the MSM.

20 posted on 04/19/2012 4:18:28 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the left the truth looks Right-Wing.)
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