Remember when Barak Obama was supposed to make us better loved around the world? Get a load of this:
The real views of many in Obama administration were laid bare by a State Department official involved in planning the Brown visit, who reacted with fury when questioned by The Sunday Telegraph about why the event was so low-key.
The official dismissed any notion of the special relationship, saying: “There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.”
There is all this talk about getting our allies to do more but then we not only snub our best ally but we insult them after the fact. The Corner puts it best:
It would be good to know who this official is, and whether the Secretary of State agrees with this insulting portrayal of the Anglo-American alliance — especially at a time when thousands of British soldiers are putting their lives on the line alongside their American allies in Afghanistan, while most of Europe sits on the sidelines. If the State Department doesn’t support the views expressed, it should disown them immediately.
Amazing. And remember President Obama spent the better part of a year and a half begging us to give him this job. And we did.
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