Did anyone see the most awkward footage of the Queen ignoring the toast Obama attempted to make in her honor? If you would like to see him be snubbed go to this youtube link I have provided then read this article to see how he has/is offending the world. :youtube/watch?v=7ZCsfyaOGdw detailed explanations of each of the ten examples of the American President’s complete lack of regard for the long history of friendship between the United States and the United Kingdom. The Telegraph, commenting on President Obama’s many failures in the arena of tactful engagement between the U.S. and U.K., wrote these scathing words: “Obviously, public diplomacy is not a concept that carries much weight in the current White House, and nor apparently, is common sense.” Here are some paraphrased highlights from The Telegraph’s Top Ten Obama Hit List: obama french shake1. First and foremost, President Obama has denied the U.K.’s place of prominence as America’s leading ally in the world. In 2011, he said that France is America’s strongest ally. Obama’s words were: “We don’t have a stronger friend and stronger ally than Nicolas Sarkozy, and the French people.” The Telegraph responded: “To suggest that Paris and not London is Washington’s strongest partner is simply ludicrous…No US president in modern times has described France as America’s closest ally, and such a remark is not only factually wrong but also insulting…” 2. President Obama failed to send a single actively serving Democrat to the funeral of Lady Margaret Thatcher, the U.K.’s former Prime Minister, a staunch pro-liberty leader who served as a contemporary and kindred spirit to America’s conservative titan, Ronald Reagan. 3. This year, President Obama’s Administration said that “Britain and Argentina are equals with ‘competing claims’ to the Falkland Islands” and called on London to “negotiate” with native leaders in the British territory of the Falkland Islands for that territory’s right to self-determination. In short, Obama called on the U.K. to withdraw British troops and civil presence from a British Commonwealth territory. 4. President Obama and fellow Democrats in the Senate stalled a Senate Resolution honoring the sacrifices of Lady Thatcher despite the House of Representatives passing a similar ceremonial resolution of respect without a single dissent. obama french reception5. Obama and his Administration interfered again in British internal politics by telling the Crown that Washington “firmly opposed” the U.K. deciding to leave the European Union and tend to its own national affairs independent of the often intrusive EU. 6. President Obama returned the bust of former Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, to the U.K. even though he knew that the Churchill statue was given on indefinite extended loan to the American people as a symbol of the enduring transatlantic alliance between the U.S. and the U.K. obama-uk beefeaters7. After the BP oil spill disaster, President Obama said he would “Put a boot on the Throat” of the British petroleum giant, BP. The Telegraph said that this statement contributed to a loss in confidence in market trading, which, The Telegraph said, in-turn, “Helped wipe tens of billions of pounds from its share value, directly impacting the pensions of millions of Britons. This led to a furious backlash in the British press, with even London mayor and long-time Obama admirer Boris Johnson demanding an end to “Anti-British rhetoric, buck-passing and name-calling.” 8. President Obama used a March 2012 State Dinner with British Prime Minister Cameron to make campaign speeches for Democrats and invited forty of his top donors to the event. The Telegraph wrote these enraged words: obama motorcade from buckingham “A state dinner with the British PM should be a celebration of the US-UK Special Relationship, and not a reward ticket for hugely wealthy fundraisers who have given large sums of money to the president’s re-election campaign. David Cameron has been shamelessly used by a cynical White House that has cared little for the Anglo-American alliance in its first three years in office before rolling out the red carpet this week. It is disrespectful towards the leader of America’s closest friend and ally, as well as an abuse of presidential power.” 9. The Telegraph wrote that President Obama is guilty of “Breathtaking diplomatic ineptitude” after he gave the former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown a set of twenty-five DVDs, including Toy Story and The Wizard of Oz, as a present during his March 2009 trip to the White House. To add severe insult to injury, not only did the American President give the British leader DVDs as a gift, but he gave him the wrong type of DVDs – the kind that don’t work on British DVD players. british union jack flowers10. President Obama permitted a senior State Department official to utter these horrendous words without chastisement during the same March 2009 visit of then Prime Minister Gordon Brown: “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.” - See more at: libertynews/2013/05/plainly-annoyed-major-british-newspaper-lists-obamas-top-ten-insults-against-the-u-k-british-say-obama-is-guilty-of-breathtaking-diplomatic-ineptitude/#sthash.pNYMbldG.dpuf libertynews/2013/05/plainly-annoyed-major-british-newspaper-lists-obamas-top-ten-insults-against-the-u-k-british-say-obama-is-guilty-of-breathtaking-diplomatic-ineptitude/
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