At the outset of his presidency, Barack Obama promised to restore America’s great diplomatic stature, weakened in the politically costly wake of its war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Healed by renewed international cooperation, those wounds would be a thing of America’s darker, Republican past, he promised.
But Number 10 never envisioned that Mr. Obama’s overhaul of America’s international relations would come at the cost of its own special relationship. Despite Britain’s political and economic proximity to the United States, that special relationship — invoked in every Anglo-American diplomatic communique from Winston Churchill to George Bush — has waned, diminished in equal proportion to Mr. Obama’s disquieting provocations.
From the president’s endorsement of Eurofederalism to his State Department’s acknowledgement it considers the United Kingdom “just the same as the other 190 countries in the world,” Mr. Obama’s White House has made no secret of its Anglophobic posture on the international stage.
But the president outperformed himself last week, when, in a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, he gushed that America had no greater partner on the international stage than France.
Nothing — not his promise of neutrality in the British-Argentina conflict over the Falklands or his Oval Office renovation in which he chucked a bust of Churchill – evidenced more the president’s willingness to shift southward America’s great European political alliance.
“We don’t have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy and the French people,” Obama said at the White House press avail.
The enduring value of Britain’s unique alliance with America is eclipsed, one might argue, for a president increasingly focused on his own domestic dilemmas: A fractured Congress, an uneasy public and compounded threat that his signature health care reforms might be upended by both.
For those who have chronicled Obama’s calculated insults, however, it is more likely the president never held America’s special relationship with Great Britain in any special esteem.
Some, including Obama’s grandmother, have speculated the president carries a lingering grudge against the British, who tortured his grandfather during Kenya’s fight against colonial rule. Obama wrote briefly in his autobiography of his grandfather’s imprisonment, which was said to have lasted more than six months.
As President Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Onyango, recounted in an interview last year with the Daily Mail: “Generally, my grandson has never believed the British do anything for a common good, rather than their selfish interests,”
Whatever the cause of President Obama’s anti-British outlook, its result — namely, a fatigued partnership across the pond — is more concerning.
On the eve of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, former UK premier Gordon Brown’s requests — no fewer than five, according to aides — for a meeting with President Obama were rebuffed. During that same period, the president held meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Chinese President Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.
Even when Obama has been unfaithful, America’s compatriots across the Atlantic have held up their side of the bargain. England’s steadfast commitment to the special relationship forged decades earlier has been no where more evident than her cooperation in America’s war on terror.
Like candidate Obama, who once called the Afghan front the “war we need to win,” the Brits appreciated the necessity of the military incursion, realizing the promise Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher made to Ronald Reagan three decades ago: “Your problems will be our problems and when you look for friends we shall be there.”
Providing the second largest troop contingent to the Afghan military incursion with nearly 9,500 soldiers, over 345 British servicemen have perished on the battlefields of Afghanistan since 2001. France, meanwhile, provided 63 percent fewer troops.
And yet for Obama, France has succeeded the United Kingdom as America’s greatest ally.
In administrations past, Britain was not merely another country. So, too, in the Obama era of mending international geopolitical fault lines is Britain not considered just another country: It’s decidedly less.
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During the first Gulf war,
proudmarinemom (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 12:51PM EST (link)Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf said, “Taking the French with you into battle is like taking an accordian on a hunting trip.”
If Sarkozy is our greatest ally, we’re in more trouble than we thought.
look at the Islamic angle
MF (Diary) Wednesday, January 19th at 12:03PM EST (link)“We don’t have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy and the French people,” Obama said at the White House press avail.
Another reason why Obama said this is because he sees France gradually being taken over by the Muslims. To him, that’s a good thing. He’s really not a Sarkozy fan at all, but a fan of France – where it’s going, not where it is today.
True, France passed that law prohibiting the head coverings, but that will soon be overturned when (not if) the Muslim population overruns the country. Take a look at the demographics (and it’s happening throughout Europe) – the Muslim birthrates are vastly higher than the non-Muslims. I don’t know the numbers, but I seem to recall something like an average of 7 kids per Muslim family, while it’s around 1.2 per non-Muslim. With numbers like that, it’s only a matter of time before they take over the country. Read Brigitte Gabriel’s books and you’ll get a real eye-opener.
Sort of like looking in the mirror.
boxedquad Wednesday, January 19th at 9:49PM EST (link)We have the same types of problems in all our states and more importantly at our large cities. Muslims and sadly race stereotypical response to all problems. Out growing your enemy alive and strong.
It's coming
MF (Diary) Thursday, January 20th at 11:38AM EST (link)You’re right, the Muslim invasion is coming, but it’s a lot farther out there in the US than it is in France. Plus, I think Americans are far more willing to stand up to the Muslims than the weak-kneed French.
It's coming
MF (Diary) Thursday, January 20th at 11:38AM EST (link)You’re right, the Muslim invasion is coming, but it’s a lot farther out there in the US than it is in France. Plus, I think Americans are far more willing to stand up to the Muslims than the weak-kneed French.
look at the Islamic angle
MF (Diary) Wednesday, January 19th at 12:03PM EST (link)“We don’t have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy and the French people,” Obama said at the White House press avail.
Another reason why Obama said this is because he sees France gradually being taken over by the Muslims. To him, that’s a good thing. He’s really not a Sarkozy fan at all, but a fan of France – where it’s going, not where it is today.
True, France passed that law prohibiting the head coverings, but that will soon be overturned when (not if) the Muslim population overruns the country. Take a look at the demographics (and it’s happening throughout Europe) – the Muslim birthrates are vastly higher than the non-Muslims. I don’t know the numbers, but I seem to recall something like an average of 7 kids per Muslim family, while it’s around 1.2 per non-Muslim. With numbers like that, it’s only a matter of time before they take over the country. Read Brigitte Gabriel’s books and you’ll get a real eye-opener.
Sometimes
gwalt Tuesday, January 18th at 1:19PM EST (link)Sometimes I just want to quit. Quit reading about this horrific figure of a man. Sometimes I just want to quit being nice to my family members that support EVERY Lieberal policy, no matter the facts.
Then I remember.
That is what they want and that is what The One wants. So I forge ahead.
“A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered”. –Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries (January 27, 1982)
I hate to use a Bill Clinton quip but,
nhbuckeye Wednesday, January 19th at 8:46AM EST (link)I feel your pain.
The Churchill bust. . .
msctex (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 1:37PM EST (link). . .was the earliest defining moment of the Obama administration. It symbolized the Left’s aggressive abandonment of what constitutes true greatness in leadership — namely, a willingness to do whatever it takes to win in the face of genuine Evil — and as well offered a direct acknowledgment of this President’s varied collection of personal demons.
It was as truly ominous a gesture as can be imagined, from a foreign policy standpoint. The fact Churchill helped us defeat the Nazis becomes secondary to Obama’s personal family history. The arrogance involved is beyond the power of words to convey.
The fact Churchill helped us defeat the Nazis
voicefromthevoid Thursday, January 20th at 3:43AM EST (link)was and is still important to BHO. It was the main reason for the removal of the bust. The man would rather see USA lost that war.
That’s what happens when you allow your enemy to be elected your Commander-in-Chief.
That's a little much.
msctex (Diary) Friday, January 21st at 6:47PM EST (link)I’m going with the Kenyan family history, British colonialism, etc. If you were right. . .God, I don’t even want to think about it.
I wouldn't call the UK some special ally.
Menlo (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 1:49PM EST (link)The nation has as much religious and personal freedom as Iran, while a growing share of its population engage in uncivilized personal immorality that is beyond the pale. The British government of course is completely amoral. And let us not forget their death-centered “health care” regime.
It should be plain, especially to conservatives, that they are without question the worst nation in Europe today. What things were like half a century or more ago is irrelevant.
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
I disagree, Menlo. The UK is our most important historical ally.
Greg Garrison (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 2:01PM EST (link)America is a product of Western civilization of a particularly British sort, and we are a part of the anglosphere, regardless of what the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave might think. While our nations have diverged in terms of domestic policy, especially since WWII, we should remain closely linked and work to influence them toward greater freedom and prosperity (a la Thatcher and Reagan). I recommend the book “The New Road To Serfdom” by Daniel Hannan (or Paul Johnson’s History of the American People) for an overview of why America is an extension, expansion, and improvement of Englishness, and cannot be understood in isolation.
http://www.thejoyofreason.com
“The art of compromise, which is central to a successful democracy, is not something that people learn overnight.” – Donald Rumsfeld
Kowalski: The UK becoming more European
Greg Garrison (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 2:29PM EST (link)Since joining the EU, the UK has become increasingly European and less British (Hannan discusses this in The New Road To Serfdom). A strong American alliance might help to weaken the newer continental ties. Hopefully the EU will crack up pretty quickly (as a consolidated political and regulatory power, at least), and America can help to re-anglicize England. Or something like that. Hannan (a Tory MEP) sees a lot of hope in the Tea Party, actually, and is trying to import American ideas into British polity.
http://www.thejoyofreason.com
“The art of compromise, which is central to a successful democracy, is not something that people learn overnight.” – Donald Rumsfeld
Count me out.
Menlo (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 4:27PM EST (link)I want no part of the UK, so don’t include me as a “we.” I don’t care about its history.
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
If you don't understand their history, you'll never understand ours. nt
Greg Garrison (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 5:51PM EST (link)http://www.thejoyofreason.com
“The art of compromise, which is central to a successful democracy, is not something that people learn overnight.” – Donald Rumsfeld
I did not say I didn't understand.
Menlo (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 6:39PM EST (link)What I said is that I don’t care with respect to my opinion here..
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
This is entirely untrue
aesthete (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 2:50PM EST (link)The UK is far and away one of the better countries, if not the best, in western Europe right now: France’s laws on public expression of religion are positively fascist, and much of the right in other European countries is nativist, parochial, anti-capitalist, and wicked. Is any country in southern Europe better than the UK? Italy just recently elected something close to a fascist and has tilted heavily towards communism for years before that. The Iberian Peninsula has been dominated by actual fascist dictators, and then later by democratic socialists. France’s policies on religious expression in the public sphere is and has always been much more oppressive than that of the UK. What of Scandanavia? What of it, with a government that controls from 60-75% of GDP? Is that a model that is better than the UK’s? How about the Balkans (which have had actual religious persecution on both sides and governments that do not even rise to the accolade “awful”)? What country in western Europe, besides perhaps the Netherlands and Germany, do you think is better on domestic policy in western Europe? And of the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK, which has been most steadfast in loyalty, and willing to put troops on the ground? The answer is none other than the UK in Europe, and Commonwealth countries elsewhere in the world.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
Kowalski: corrections
aesthete (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 2:52PM EST (link)“What of Scandanavia? What of it, with a government that controls from 60-75% of GDP?”
Should be “governments”, not “a government”.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
That's what the people want.
Menlo (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 4:54PM EST (link)The people are willing to pay the 50% income taxes to support such government control. I don’t agree with it, and it would be horrible in many if not most countries; but it seems to work for them. There is not a one-size-fits-all economic philosophy that is best for all nations.
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
The people alive today in those socialist utopias
kyle8 (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 5:45PM EST (link)have not had a chance to choose. and have instead been both bribed and brainwashed into thinking that it is the only way.
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
Not necessarily
aesthete (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 6:34PM EST (link)“The people” who voted for said economic controls may not be the same people adversely impacted by them. For that matter, “the people” in several countries around the world have decided that abortion is fantastic: that’s no reason to condone the practice in those countries as one that is uniquely good for them. There’s something to be said for minority rights, and for an objective standard of what is and is not good governance, besides democracy.
As to your point on whether it works or not, I would note that there is a difference between functional and better: the Scandinavian countries are countries with rule of law, healthy people, and coveted resources: they are going to “work” under any system short of full-on communism. Arguments based on “workability” need to take into account the outcomes that would result from other systems applied to the country in question: honestly, I cannot see Sweden doing worse than it is doing now (while Friedman’s recommendations to Iceland prove that Scandinavian countries are not uniquely exempted from the axioms of economics and human nature).
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
The difference
Menlo (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 6:55PM EST (link)I do not believe that the quantity of taxing and spending is in and of itself an issue of inhumane treatment or injustice, though I recognize why others feel differently. Where and how the taxing and spending happens is another matter.
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
There is a reason France's laws on public expression of religion are fascist
Jack_Savage (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 3:12PM EST (link)They are mainly to give Muslim women an excuse not to be forced to wear a headcovering. I have read multiple first-hand accounts of women, Muslim or not, being forced to cover their heads, and being subjected to humiliation or worse if they refuse to comply.
France was forced into their position by radical Islamists.
Not quite, Jack
aesthete (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 6:09PM EST (link)France has had radical laws on the issue of displaying religion prominently since the French Revolution. The image at hand was Muslims flouting these laws by wearing religious paraphernalia and the headdress in public. The French Christians were, understandably, upset that they were being forced to comply with a mandate that immigrant Muslims were seemingly exempted from. The correct position, IMO, would have been to allow Christians the freedom to wear their own paraphernalia and religious iconography, but this being France, they chose to double down on a bad law by applying it to Muslims and Christians equally — a position less unreasonable than the one the had before, but still pretty crappy on the whole.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
All of them
Menlo (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 4:45PM EST (link)I don’t look much at aggregates or individual leaders but at everyday life and practice. Similarly, their willingness to put troops on the ground doesn’t mean much to me right now. I’d take most any European nation, although the teeny-tiny European nations like Andorra and especially Malta seem like very nice places.
In terms of actual policy in practice and the attitudes of most people, I maintain the UK is the absolute worst place, with Sweden and Belgium very close in some regards.
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
IDK, Menlo...
aesthete (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 6:22PM EST (link)Not to offend, but have you lived or spent a significant amount of time in the UK/Europe? IMO, the statement that the UK is the worst country in Europe is analogous to Keith Olbermann’s pronouncements of “worst person”. Italy’s policy and political culture has tended towards both fascism and communism, and is rife with corruption, and the Balkan states are complete messes. I simply have no idea what specific policies implemented by the UK you consider so repugnant as to make forays into fascism and communism seem attractive by comparison. I cannot conceive of a world where Greece or Bosnia is a better place than the UK.
Malta is gorgeous, btw: beautiful people and a beautiful place. Interesting history, too.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
It would take too long
Menlo (Diary) Thursday, January 20th at 1:51AM EST (link)Certainly no policy or even several policies alone would qualify. It is the compounded effect of several policies coupled with the attitudes, beliefs, actions, and behavior of most people there.
“The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.” -Felix Frankfurter
I would say one country might qualify
kyle8 (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 5:44PM EST (link)Poland
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
That's why I said "western"
aesthete (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 6:11PM EST (link)You can’t force me to choose between the rich gamut of relatively free, prosperous, and pro-America/pro-capitalist republics in eastern Europe: it’d be far too difficult!
In all seriousness, I’d give Poland the nod as “best eastern European ally”, since they have contributed to our cause militarily and rhetorically.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
France has Napoleonic law which is the opposite of British common law
renny (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 7:33PM EST (link)Our language, law, and history are inextricably tied to Great Britain and the other English-speaking peoples of the world. We give that relationship up to our greatest peril.
Indeed
aesthete (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 7:44PM EST (link)Take a look at the nations in Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom: the top 4 have systems based on British common law, and 6 of the top ten have systems that are explicitly based on British common law. Only two of the countries on the list (Switzerland and Denmark) do not have any roots in British common law, and of the major European colonizers, the British were by far the best when it came to laws and customs passed down to its colonies.
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
I'm just hoping the Brits are doing as I am
trutexan Tuesday, January 18th at 2:23PM EST (link)and holding their noses until BO is out of office. Anyone who understands his penchant for anti-colonialism also understands that in as little as 4 years, this will change. He holds his grandfather’s prejudices out in public for all to see. I’m just praying Great Britian will remain steadfast in their loyal support of the US through our trials and tribulations with this indecent and incredibly rude President.
I was anti-Obama before it was cool.
Just received an email
proudmarinemom (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 3:45PM EST (link)about the upcoming wedding of Prince William of Wales to Miss Middleton.
Stricken from the guest list, at the request of the groom, are the names “President Barack Hussein Obama and Mrs. Obama.”
While I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the news, it is delicious to contemplate.
This should send Michelle into a tantrum, since she already had spoken with dress designers about ideas how best to draw attention to herself, whilst sending a political message to Her Majesty and the British people during the ceremony. Pity.
That appears to be the case, Marine Mom
Greg Garrison (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 5:43PM EST (link)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339315/President-Obama-snubbed-sources-reveal-invited-Prince-Williams-wedding.html
http://www.thejoyofreason.com
“The art of compromise, which is central to a successful democracy, is not something that people learn overnight.” – Donald Rumsfeld
Prince William is alright
tankertodd (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 7:22PM EST (link)Given his involvement in the military perhaps he’s got the sense that escapes his dad. Another reason to skip Charles and make William king.
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The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race – Chief Justice Roberts
Obama set out to
lineholder (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 7:52PM EST (link)alienate our traditional allies, including England. He’s snubbed them plenty of times. Then when he and his wife don’t get invited to the Royal Wedding, his wife takes it as an insult?
What could Prince William be thinking? (sarc)
Not to be hoity-toity about it, but.....
bobmontgomery (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 4:55PM EST (link)….some things just aren’t done. Like bowing to foreign leaders; dissing America, especially when abroad; shopping at Costco for gifts for foreign dignitaries; lowering ones self to get in the middle of a domestic squabble in Cambridge, Massachusetts; putting one’s feet up on the desk in the Oval Office; calling out private citizens, whether business people, entertainers, or commentators, by name for ridicule; inviting Senators to the White House for televised discussions on public policy and calling them liars in front of the cameras.
Oh, could we go on at some length here. But the point is, if someone touted as a “scholar” and as being “gifted” does not in the first instance know how to act, it is not surprising that he might deign to fiddle with the rudder of the ship of state. What is alarming is that there is apparently no one, in any Department, professional or knowledgeable or duty-bound enough to suggest protocol and extremely measured and informed consideration as to America’s relationships and arrangements. Oh, well. Pass me that Reset Button, wallya?
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington
Willya. nt.
bobmontgomery (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 4:58PM EST (link)If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington
Hear! Hear!
jiminga Wednesday, January 19th at 7:53AM EST (link)Well said. Even after 2 years the entire team are rookies and they are way too focused on personal goals, not national goals.
If France is "...Our Greatest Ally"
romeg Tuesday, January 18th at 5:26PM EST (link)Then double-digit unemployment is not our greatest problem.
“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” – C. S. Lewis
You think having an Anglophobic President is bad?
throwback59 Tuesday, January 18th at 5:43PM EST (link)I’m concerned about having an Ameriphobic (Yankeephobic?) one.
well that is Obama's strength
kyle8 (Diary) Tuesday, January 18th at 5:51PM EST (link)he can multi-task
“Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty”
Kyle
Anglophobic President?
2warabnvet Wednesday, January 19th at 10:16AM EST (link)Of course he despises the Brits. His daddy was an anti-British Kenyan Marxist. Remember. “Dreams of My Father”?
Elitist progressives always know best,,,
macsgrumpy Wednesday, January 19th at 11:04AM EST (link)What is alarming is that there is apparently no one, in any Department, professional or knowledgeable or duty-bound enough to suggest protocol and extremely measured and informed consideration as to America’s relationships and arrangements.
I think there are a lot of professional patriots that suggest protocol, but the progressive, elitist, criminal people the one has running the government(because he certainly is not capable) intimidates or blows off these suggestions, since it wouldn’t fit in with their agenda to destroy our great republic.
After Obama's own heart
mspector (Diary) Wednesday, January 19th at 12:20PM EST (link)The OP quotes Obama’s grandmother as saying: “Generally, my grandson has never believed the British do anything for a common good, rather than their selfish interests,”
Seems to me that in seeing the British in this light Obama would recognize them as people after Obama’s own heart and embrace them lovingly.
And isn’t this the same Sarkozy who expressed contempt for Obama’s actions on the international stage just about a year ago?
“Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” (Thomas Paine)
“A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.” (Ronald Reagan)
Maybe I'm holding a grudge....
jackhammer Wednesday, January 19th at 1:00PM EST (link)But weren’t the British the first nation we had a war against? And they are supposed to be our friends now?
I don’t remember fighting a war against the French…they sold us that large parcel of middle America, and they handed us that half finished war thing in Indochina…..
And you are aware there is swearing and bare breasts on their TV shows…..
How can you not see this?
First and second war
aesthete (Diary) Wednesday, January 19th at 1:29PM EST (link)Good times…
The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice – G.K. Chesterton
Um, what channels?
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Wednesday, January 19th at 1:59PM EST (link)Purely for academic purposes, I wish to verify this.
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
We fought them
powertothepeople (Diary) Wednesday, January 19th at 2:05PM EST (link)Prior to fighting the English although we were considered to be English at the time. The “we were English” argument is not wrong or right as we were already here in this country, we were already forming our way of life, and the winds of revolution were already blowing.
We also fought them in WW2 after the Germans took them captive and had them raise arms against us.
France invited to wedding
tex41lb Wednesday, January 19th at 6:44PM EST (link)Perhaps France is also viewed as England,s best country in Europe, at least when it comes to attending the wedding. France’s Sarkozy is one of few heads of state invited to attend.
No wonder, then, ...
RME KRNL Thursday, January 20th at 3:17AM EST (link)… if what I’ve heard is true, that Prince William directed that the Obamas be stricken from the guest list for his wedding in the Spring.
I’ve also heard the Obamas were thinking about playing the race card about the snub but then realized that other national leaders “of color” would be attending and welcomed.
Then, they are reputed to try and play it off as a snub of America, or the American people, instead of just them personally.
No, Obamas, Prince William probably just doesn’t want Michelle trying to steal the limelight from Kate or for Barack to act insultingly toward his grandmother, the Queen, again. William probably only wants people who know how to show some class at his wedding.
Good call, Prince.
RME KRNL