Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Excellent speech by Obama though I'm sure it went over like a lead brick in the U.K. Oh well...the truth is much like poetry...and most people don't like poetry either.
I'm absolutely sure that Obama's speech, though matter of fact and truthful, was quite unpopular in the UK because it really cut through the charade and imagery of British pomp and circumstance and pointedly, yet tactfully, asserted the fact of who is the junior member in the relationship, who is the world power and who is a second world power. Given the U.K.'s history I'm sure that was as popular as day old haggis.
Obama's criticism's of the Tory's is spot in. This is no longer the 19th century. The day of the Haj is gone and so is the Empire. The U.K.'s sense of Imperium, held by many political elites in the U.K., is not only an anachronism it's an illusion in which many in the U.K. deceive themselves.
Those in the U.K. who criticize Obama for his comments are entitled to their opinion but I can assure them this. They would not have heard much different from a President Bush or whomever shall be elected this year in the U.S. I understand that sometimes the truth hurts but the "Go it alone" attitude of the Tory's had to be disabused by their senior partner. To think that the U.S. will blindly stand by and permit the U.K. to make a stupendous blunder based on pride and stubbornness is colossally naïve.
Does the U.K. really and honestly think that the U.S. will stand by and permit them to do damage to E.U. trade and military agreements that the U.S. has invested trillions in?
They are damned fools if they do and Obama was absolutely right in pointing this out. Did it hurt some feelings and ruffle some feathers? I'm sure it did but sometimes the Father in the relationship has to tell Junior that their actions are not in their own best interest weather they like to hear this or not.
In that respect, sorry if the U.K. didn't like being told that their "Go it alone" attitude is not in the U.S. best interest and therefore we believe it to not be in their best interest. If they U.K. thinks they would have heard something different on this topic from another U.S. President, they are sadly mistaken.
I'm absolutely sure that Obama's speech, though matter of fact and truthful, was quite unpopular in the UK because it really cut through the charade and imagery of British pomp and circumstance and pointedly, yet tactfully, asserted the fact of who is the junior member in the relationship, who is the world power and who is a second world power. Given the U.K.'s history I'm sure that was as popular as day old haggis.
Obama's criticism's of the Tory's is spot in. This is no longer the 19th century. The day of the Haj is gone and so is the Empire. The U.K.'s sense of Imperium, held by many political elites in the U.K., is not only an anachronism it's an illusion in which many in the U.K. deceive themselves.
Those in the U.K. who criticize Obama for his comments are entitled to their opinion but I can assure them this. They would not have heard much different from a President Bush or whomever shall be elected this year in the U.S. I understand that sometimes the truth hurts but the "Go it alone" attitude of the Tory's had to be disabused by their senior partner. To think that the U.S. will blindly stand by and permit the U.K. to make a stupendous blunder based on pride and stubbornness is colossally naïve.
Does the U.K. really and honestly think that the U.S. will stand by and permit them to do damage to E.U. trade and military agreements that the U.S. has invested trillions in?
They are damned fools if they do and Obama was absolutely right in pointing this out. Did it hurt some feelings and ruffle some feathers? I'm sure it did but sometimes the Father in the relationship has to tell Junior that their actions are not in their own best interest weather they like to hear this or not.
In that respect, sorry if the U.K. didn't like being told that their "Go it alone" attitude is not in the U.S. best interest and therefore we believe it to not be in their best interest. If they U.K. thinks they would have heard something different on this topic from another U.S. President, they are sadly mistaken.
