A Complete Waste of Space

The juxtaposition on our front page this morning is striking. We carry a photograph of Acting Sgt Michael Lockett - who was killed in Helmand on Monday - receiving the Military Cross from the Queen in June, 2008. He was the 217th British soldier to die in the Afghan conflict. Alongside the picture, we read that the Prime Minister was forced to dash through the kitchens of the UN in New York to secure a few minutes “face time” with President Obama after five requests for a sit-down meeting were rejected by the White House.
What are we to make of this? This country has proved, through the bravery of men like Acting Sgt Lockett, America’s staunchest ally in Afghanistan. In return, the American President treats the British Prime Minister with casual contempt. The President’s graceless behaviour is unforgivable. As most members of the Cabinet would confirm, it’s not a barrel of laughs having to sit down for a chat with Gordon Brown. But that’s not the point. Mr Obama owes this country a great deal for its unflinching commitment to the American-led war in Afghanistan but seems incapable of acknowledging the fact. You might have thought that after the shambles of Mr Brown’s first visit to the Obama White House - when there was no joint press conference and the President’s “gift” to the Prime Minister was a boxed DVD set - lessons would have been learned. Apparently not. Admittedly, part of the problem was Downing Street’s over-anxiety to secure a face-to-face meeting for domestic political purposes but the White House should still have been more obliging. Mr Obama’s churlishness is fresh evidence that the US/UK special relationship is a one-way street.

JoeA wrote:Why waste time on a lame duck?

Yellow77 wrote:I never understand the blind loyalty of the Republicans. They are the pets of the big business, and the churches; neither of which are friends to America. Big business has decimated the middle class, and the churches suck all the cash out of the rubes that follow them, when they aren't busy trying to censor everything. Jimmy Swagart needs a new mansion, and the head of Walmart needs to keep buying all of that fine Chinese merchandise. We have little to no manufacturing in the U.S. and no one seems to care. Any higher paying job will be out-sourced, leaving fewer people making more money. Keep transferring the money from the poor to the rich.

Yellow77 wrote: Any higher paying job will be out-sourced, leaving fewer people making more money. Keep transferring the money from the poor to the rich.

Still, you must admit that whining about Obama........yada yada

ruggbutt wrote:

Yellow77 wrote: Any higher paying job will be out-sourced, leaving fewer people making more money. Keep transferring the money from the poor to the rich.

Those jobs are outsourced because of the union inflating wages beyond what was reasonable. The Dems are pro-union BTW.