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France is our biggest ally, declares Obama: President's blow to Special Relationship w/ Britain
The Mail (UK) ^ | 1/11/11 | Tim Shipman

Posted on 01/11/2011 4:05:44 PM PST by pissant

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To: pissant

Then we have no allies.


21 posted on 01/11/2011 4:23:04 PM PST by redtkt
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To: pissant

Kenyan hatred for the Brits.


22 posted on 01/11/2011 4:25:20 PM PST by Venturer
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To: pissant
1. The US should have interests, not allies.

2. The Gay Relationship was created by Woodrow Wilson (who let young Americans die to bail out the Brits), and solidified by FDR. It is only held together by sentimentality amongst a shrinking minority of the population.

23 posted on 01/11/2011 4:25:29 PM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: pissant
Actually, Bammy is on record as saying this to Sarkozy:

Francia es nuestro aliado fiel


24 posted on 01/11/2011 4:26:03 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (My baloney has a first name, it's DEMOCRAT; my baloney has a second name, it's PARTY)
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To: pissant

I must agree that that was true in the old days but last year I was in France and it wasn’t very pleasant for a yank.


25 posted on 01/11/2011 4:28:05 PM PST by taxtruth (Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
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To: Clemenza

Nonsense. NATO served its purpose.


26 posted on 01/11/2011 4:31:30 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: oldsicilian

OH! Then count me in!!


27 posted on 01/11/2011 4:31:30 PM PST by Be_Politically_Erect (Sailing Against My Will On A Ship Of Fools)
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To: Clemenza

If England didn’t speak a minority dialect of english,,not many would think they have America’s interests at heart. They milk the “special relationship” game for all it’s worth. Make no mistake,,,they understand it as meaning THEY get a say in our national interests.

But Obama still sucks. Doing the right thing,, for the wrong reason,,, sorta like one gang member shooting another.


28 posted on 01/11/2011 4:35:56 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: pissant

I think Barry is just trying to get a case of quality French Champagne on the cheap.


29 posted on 01/11/2011 4:39:15 PM PST by twoputt
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To: pissant

The mau mau thing again?

http://joytiz.com/2009/the-real-reason-the-queen-got-dissed-bam-bam-and-the-mau-mau/


30 posted on 01/11/2011 4:39:27 PM PST by jazminerose (o)
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To: pissant

Gawd. Please Gong him.

His schtick is stupid and his act boorish.


31 posted on 01/11/2011 4:41:43 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: bushbuddy

Exactly,,, and allies had meaning in WWII. Now England has absolute gun prohibition, the beginnings of sharia law, is the HOME of the global warming scam, has no free speech, lives under full socialism, licenses the use of TVs, has nearly universal surveillance, etc. (funny for people who didnt like Hitler)

The “special relationship” did mean however, that the Federal reserve secretly loaned several hundred million to their banks.


32 posted on 01/11/2011 4:45:03 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: pissant

OMGOSH, if France is the answer, What was the Question?


33 posted on 01/11/2011 4:45:36 PM PST by browniexyz
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To: jazminerose

I agree 100%. The Mau-mau revolt is why he hates them so much. There are very legitimate reasons for America to be very wary when dealing with the British government,,, BUT Obama’s reasons are wrong, and he is utterly unprepared by temperament, to tilt relations with England to our advantage.


34 posted on 01/11/2011 4:49:05 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: pissant

The Great Divider continues to divide.


35 posted on 01/11/2011 4:49:28 PM PST by Gator113 (I'm voting for Sarah Palin, Liberty, our Constitution and American Exceptionalism.)
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To: DesertRhino

several hundred billion that is,,, if i remember right it was upwards of a trillion.


36 posted on 01/11/2011 4:51:50 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: Be_Politically_Erect

LOL I believe he’s talkin about Sarkozy’s wife...I think it’s Carla Bruni? The other option’s a little scary


37 posted on 01/11/2011 5:01:12 PM PST by bereanway (I'd rather have 40 Marco Rubios than 60 Arlen Specters)
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To: pissant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom

France sucks,, but read this about our “special relationship” buddy. Then remember everything they do,, seems to gravitate here. Remember them for the good in their past, but watch those brits closely,,,


38 posted on 01/11/2011 5:01:42 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: DesertRhino

What you said.


39 posted on 01/11/2011 5:03:09 PM PST by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: pissant

LTN


40 posted on 01/11/2011 5:04:53 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 .....( History is a process, not an event ))
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