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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: formerlurker on February 25, 2010, 04:37:09 AM
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February 25, 2010
US refuses to endorse British sovereignty in Falklands oil dispute
Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN.
Despite Britain’s close alliance with the US, the Obama Administration is determined not to be drawn into the issue. It has also declined to back Britain’s claim that oil exploration near the islands is sanctioned by international law, saying that the dispute is strictly a bilateral issue.
Argentina appealed to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, last night to intervene in the dispute, a move Britain adamantly opposes.
“The Secretary-General knows about the issue. He is not happy to learn that the situation is worsening,†Jorge Taiana, the Argentine Foreign Minister, said after meeting Mr Ban in New York.
“We have asked the Secretary-General, within the framework of his good offices, to stress to Britain the need to abstain from further unilateral acts.â€
A top UN aide acknowledged, however, that Mr Ban would not be able to mediate because of Britain’s opposition.
Sir Mark Lyall Grant, Britain’s Ambassador to the UN, said: “As British ministers have made clear, the UK has no doubt about its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands . . . We are also clear that the Falkland Islands Government is entitled to develop a hydrocarbons industry within its waters, and we support this legitimate business in Falklands’ territory.â€
Senior US officials insisted that Washington’s position on the Falklands was one of longstanding neutrality. This is in stark contrast to the public backing and vital intelligence offered by President Reagan to Margaret Thatcher once she had made the decision to recover the islands by force in 1982.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7040245.ece
Messiah's presidency, year two: piss on allies? did that in year one. Piss off OUR CLOSEST ALLY? ding ding ding, doable.
Somewhere Jimmy Carter is shedding a tear. His reign as biggest presidential failure is over.
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I guess Obama likes watching war on TV. It allows him to strut around and play Jesus.
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What did England do to piss off Lord Zero?
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What did England do to piss off Lord Zero?
I don't know, but he does seem Hell-bent on driving them off. Something relating back to his father and Kenya, perhaps? It seems quite irrational, though.
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I don't know, but he does seem Hell-bent on driving them off. Something relating back to his father and Kenya, perhaps? It seems quite irrational, though.
Wasn't his father well paid to be some sort of flunky by England?
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What did England do to piss off Lord Zero?
The Brits beat and arrested his paternal Grandfather.
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What did England do to piss off Lord Zero?
Barack Obamas' paternal grandfather tortured by British
http://coloradopols.com/diary/8446/
Edit: Better link:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5276010.ece
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Kevin Casas-Zamora, a Brookings Institution analyst and former vice-president of Costa Rica, said that President Reagan’s support for Britain in 1982 “irked a lot of people in Latin Americaâ€.
The Obama Administration “is trying to split the difference as much as it can because it knows that coming round to the British position would again create a lot of ill will in the regionâ€, he said.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7040245.ece
Lord Zero wants to keep his Latin America dictator friends happy.
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Barack Obamas' paternal grandfather tortured by British
http://coloradopols.com/diary/8446/
Which is total horsehit even assming it is true.
Obama only ever met his father once after the elder Obama deserted his wife and child and that meeting was less than spectacular. How could he hold any affections for a grandfather who would know even less?
Meanwhile, his maternal grandparents raised him and spared no expense to give him the best life.
If it is about his paternal grandfather it only proves what a racist Obama is at heart.
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Which is total horsehit even assming it is true.
Obama only ever met his father once after the elder Obama deserted his wife and child and that meeting was less than spectacular. How could he hold any affections for a grandfather who would know even less?
Meanwhile, his maternal grandparents raised him and spared no expense to give him the best life.
If it is about his paternal grandfather it only proves what a racist Obama is at heart.
Maybe so, but we know he identifies more with his kenyan half. He hates whites and especially hates the British. It's pretty obvious.
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Maybe so, but we know he identifies more with his kenyan half. He hates whites and especially hates the British. It's pretty obvious.
This is so embarassing.
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He resents the partnership they had with President Bush, any friend of Bush is an enemy of he Obama administration. See, it always comes back to Booosh!
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This is so embarassing.
How so?
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How so?
It is embarassing that we have such an embarassment as a President.
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It is embarassing that we have such an embarassment as a President.
That's what I thought you meant. I agree. :cheersmate:
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It is embarassing that we have such an embarassment as a President.
Oh, ok, I thought you were calling me an embarrassment. Guess I'm too sensitive. :-)
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Oh, ok, I thought you were calling me an embarrassment. Guess I'm too sensitive. :-)
Guess so! Sheesh. :-)
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Oh, ok, I thought you were calling me an embarrassment. Guess I'm too sensitive. :-)
Oy, how embarrassing.
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Can't say I'm the least bit shocked, after he sent Churchill's bust back to the Brits as soon as he moved into the Oval Office.
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Can't say I'm the least bit shocked, after he sent Churchill's bust back to the Brits as soon as he moved into the Oval Office.
No way!!!!!!! Way????
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No way!!!!!!! Way????
What? Were you asleep?
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What? Were you asleep?
Well I guess so. I do that every once in a while. :huh?:
I googled it, and well, just damn.
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Yeah, our President's a schmuck. I guess he replaced the bust of Churchill with one of Shaft or Flavor Flav.
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Yeah, our President's a schmuck. I guess he replaced the bust of Churchill with one of Shaft or Flavor Flav.
Lincoln.
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Lincoln.
It's probably rigged so he can flip a switch and make a bust of himself appear.
Anyone remember the Clint Eastwood movie Heartbreak Ridge?
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It's probably rigged so he can flip a switch and make a bust of himself appear.
Anyone remember the Clint Eastwood movie Heartbreak Ridge?
Yeah, I do, but I am OLD.
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Can't say I'm the least bit shocked, after he sent Churchill's bust back to the Brits as soon as he moved into the Oval Office.
What do you expect from an asshat with so little respect for the Ofiice that he puts his feet up on the desk?