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Obama: hard to see UK benefiting from leaving EU
Associated Press ^
| Jun 5, 2014 12:47 PM EDT
| Juergen Baetz
Posted on 06/05/2014 12:46:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
President Barack Obama said Thursday that it’s hard to see how Britain would benefit by leaving the European Union given that the 28-nation bloc’s decisions “have an enormous impact on its economic and political life.”
Britain must make its own choice, Obama said, but insisted that it is always an asset for the United States to know one of its closest allies “has a seat at the table in the larger European project.” …
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; eussr; obama; specialrelationship; uk; weakpresident
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:46:21 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
He doesn’t think the Taliban Five will benefit from leaving Guantanamo either.
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:49:04 PM PDT
by
kevao
(Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: Olog-hai
Good, his suggestion should push even more Britons towards UKIP and regaining independence!
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:52:15 PM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: Olog-hai
Hussein is no more a friend to the English people than he is to Americans.
Which is to say — no friend at all.
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:54:16 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Olog-hai
He never met an unaccountable bureaucracy he didn’t like.
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:55:37 PM PDT
by
mojito
(Zero, our Nero.)
To: Olog-hai
it’s none of your business there Bad Choice Obama
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:55:43 PM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
To: BenLurkin
Hussein is no more a friend to the English people than he is to Americans Don't forget the warm spot he holds in his heart for the Israelis.
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:56:55 PM PDT
by
mojito
(Zero, our Nero.)
To: Olog-hai
He means that it won't benefit the big-government/big-corporate crony-fascist complex. He doesn't give a flip about the peasants.
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posted on
06/05/2014 12:57:39 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: BenLurkin
All Obama knows is that if Margaret Thatcher was against it, then he’s for it.
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posted on
06/05/2014 1:00:00 PM PDT
by
Rusty0604
To: All
“Bearing in mind that I have totally screwed up both domestic and foreign policy in my own country, here’s some free advice ...”
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posted on
06/05/2014 1:06:05 PM PDT
by
Peter ODonnell
(It wasn't this cold before global warming)
To: Olog-hai
If Obama says this, that means the UK would benefit tremendously from leaving the EU. In fact, were it O’s choice, or if he had more time to inflict himself on us, Obama would like America to be an ‘honorary member’ (read dupe or useful idiot mascot) of the EU.
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
06/05/2014 1:13:53 PM PDT
by
kabar
To: Olog-hai
may I be the first to say, “Obama, shut up your mouse!”
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posted on
06/05/2014 1:15:30 PM PDT
by
blueplum
To: Olog-hai
....it’s hard to see how.....Yes Barry, Choom smoke does make it hard to see.
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posted on
06/05/2014 1:34:18 PM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. .............................................)
To: Olog-hai
Hey Obama, its called liberty.
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