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| US leaves 'unreliable' British out in the cold |
| 2013-09-03 |
| [TheTimes] British military chiefs are being ejected from US meetings about Syria in the first direct consequence of David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite,which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideologicalhe lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger,but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... 's refusal to join military action. The role of senior British officers based at US Central Command in Tampa, Florida, has been downgraded because they cannot be trusted with high-level intelligence about a conflict with which they are no longer involved, military sources say. About 30 British personnel have been working alongside the Americans and French at the headquarters, fine-tuning a list of targets and orchestrating military assets as part of war planning underway for weeks. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #14 "The World turned Upside Down". Iff Americans = Amerikans had doubts about the Bammer before, they're really gonna have doubts now. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-09-03 19:45 |
| #13 Ruled by a bafoon that puts his feet on the table. When understanding of respect is lacking, how could anyone feel hurt when added to his 'not invited to the party' list. |
| Posted by: Don Vito Guelph2385 2013-09-03 18:03 |
| #12 We didn't care when Iran/Iraq were tossing chemicals at each other. We didn't care when Iraq dropped chemicals on his own people. Why should we care now? Because our President mispoke? I can't even imagine how the left would have reacted if the Bush folks floated that excuse. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-09-03 14:32 |
| #11 Regardless of non participation in any action we may take, such an affront to our closest ally can only worsen the relationship. Policy and politics are never ever separate for immature amateurs and the nasty alinskyites in the WH are the worst I've ever seen. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2013-09-03 12:15 |
| #10 The bottomline is you have sunni jihadis on one side and Assad regime on the other.Who do u support? |
| Posted by: Paul D 2013-09-03 12:01 |
| #9 My view of the real issue in Syria: Much of the world was so horrified by gas warfare in WW-1 that they wrote and signed treaties against. As time went on more definitive treaties were written and signed. For smaller nations these treaties serve another purpose ... they save them the danger and cost of spending their wealth on a stupid weapon they would never want to use. One of the problems is that these treaties were signed so long ago many of these nations have forgotten what it buys them. Now the USA jumps up and says we need to bomb Syria for using them. The unsaid part of that statement is to keep these treaties from becoming worthless paper. We can afford to do gas if we want or nukes or whatever so for us folks using gas is just the horror of it. Perhaps we should quit being cops here and convene a meeting of all the treaty signing nations and ask them if they want to collectively protect these treaties or just tear them up! |
| Posted by: 3dc 2013-09-03 11:28 |
| #8 Hopefully the Poms won't invite us to leave the Joint Analysis Center (JAC) at RAF Molesworth, UK. They're no doubt thinking on it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-03 10:53 |
| #7 I'm sure the Brits have reasons for leaving their people at Central Command, but if Cameron really wanted to send a statement he'd bring them home. For 'consultation', of course. Barack wants to go it alone: let him. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2013-09-03 10:23 |
| #6 Certainly a nice 'thank you' for one of our staunchest wartime allies, who contributed a substantial amount of both blood and treasure in our feckless, decade-plus, Afghan cock-up. No mention of Iraq, Korea. Revenge of the Mau Mau! We've at long last retrieved the abjured trophy of perfidiousness. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-03 09:44 |
| #5 Christmas just came early for 30 British personnel. Not to have their names on this C.F. will be something to write on the C.V. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-09-03 09:24 |
| #4 Residents of Albion aren't the only ones with no interest in another Middle Eastern conflict. It will be interesting to see how our own elected officials vote on this matter. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-03 09:18 |
| #3 As I understand it, it wasn't Cameron but the representatives of the people who were not interested in this war. Which is, to use the dumb chant, what democracy looks like. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-09-03 09:06 |
| #2 Austin would have NOT made that decision unilaterally. Champ would have had to approve such a measure. A second grader could have surmised the location of potential Syrian targets for a 2-3 day punitive raid. This is yet another spiteful response from the regime which will produce unwelcomed future dividends. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-09-03 09:02 |
| #1 The relationship works both ways Mr Obama |
| Posted by: Paul D 2013-09-03 06:17 |