Our countries relationship with Britain has always been hot and cold, but how is it faring in the Obama administration? Sir Nigel Sheinwald, U.K. ambassador to the U.S.talks about Britain's role in Afghanistan and other issues shared by the two countries.
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other than bush helping the african health care woes, you post an interesting collection of myths. always fun reading your work.
I imagine, then, commenter #10, that you will not insult the Brits by saying their National Health Service is an awful idea in any of your future rambling rants?
Britain is our most important and reliable ally since WWI. The Obama misadministration has endangered this relationship by repeatedly insulting the Brits and their leaders. What can you say about a man who hates Winston Churchill, lies about him and threw out his bust, a present from the Brits to the White House (not to the Bama)? You can say that he is misguided, misinformed and no friend of the west or democracy, freedom or liberty. Oh, that’s Barry to a “tee.” It was the action and thoughts of an angry and misguided Kenyan still suffering from the imagined insults of colonialism, as if he suffered from any of it. We all see how well the post-colonial world including the African people have done during 40-50 years of mostly dictatorships. Lucky for us when this misadministration is powerless in 2010 and gone in a few years; then the relationship between the Brits and America will renew itself again. And PS - President Bush did more for Africans than all the Presidents past or present. His aid budget was much higher than is Obama’s.
seth
i want to know what he did. wiki doesn't really say other than "considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence." have to do more research but not sure if i care.
The question about Michael Savage was way out of left field and was totally inappropriate for this segment
Referring to the deaths and injuries of civilians as "collateral damage," as if these were mere side effects of warfare is one of the greatest myths about war. It is the overwhelming consequence of any war, as it is meant to be. Many, many times more noncombatant men, women, and children suffer death and grievous injury than do those who are amed. Not to mention the devastation of their homes and communities. Civilian death during war is no accident—it is an inevitable outcome.
"Popular American talk-radio host, Michael Savage, who broadcasts from San Francisco and has called the Muslim holy book, the Quran, a "book of hate," is on the list. Savage also has enraged parents of children with autism by saying in most cases it's "a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out." Huffington Post, May 5, 2009
It's always good to ask, but the political reality in the UK is that any support for Afghanistan is waning.
Even as Americans, with a population of 300 M, know soldiers returning from Iraq/Afghanistan, there are proportionately more British soldiers returning to the UK, with approx. 50 M.
War fatigue sets in.
Dear UK
u didn't tell us that empires aren't forever
USA
When I lived in the UK a few years ago, I did not hear of a SINGLE person who supported the Iraq war. Granted I lived in London, but basically the prevailing opinion there was that the war was a BIG mistake.
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