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| Barack Obama called ‘a hypocrite and a coward’ over Falklands betrayal – BBC audience applauds |
| 2013-03-30 |
| By Nile Gardiner Harry Cole, news editor of the Guido Fawkes' blog, was interviewed earlier this week on BBC Three’s Free Speech show. Asked about the Falklands issue by host Rick Edwards, Harry blasted President Obama’s refusal to recognise the Falklands referendum, describing him as “a hypocrite and a coward.” After all, as Cole pointed out, it doesn’t look good when the leader of the free world can’t even bring himself to support the right to self-determination, the very principle upon which the United States itself is founded. For background, watch this train wreck of a press conference by State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland following the referendum result, which showed that 99.8 percent of Falkand Islanders wish the Falklands to remain a British Overseas Territory. What is most striking about Cole’s interview is the loud applause which comes from a large section of the audience of mostly young Brits. There was no booing or hissing of his forthright attack on Barack Obama, which you might expect from a BBC-assembled crowd – quite the opposite in fact. There appears to be a growing realisation among the wider British public that President Obama really doesn’t like Britain very much, and that his knife in the back over the Falklands, and his hectoring, lecturing tone on Europe, isn’t very helpful for British interests. As I’ve noted in previous pieces, Barack Obama is the most anti-British US president in modern times. When even a BBC audience turns against the insulting policies of the White House, the Obama administration should understand that it has a real problem on its hands when it comes to relations with America’s closest ally. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 Except Obama said NOTHING about the Falklands. His statement was about the Maldives. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-03-30 22:08 |
| #11 He is only a hypocrite to those rubes that somehow didn't notice the onslaught of petty insults hurled in the direction of England since 2008. He is actually fairly consistant |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2013-03-30 12:40 |
| #10 We can only hope our own people see that this president is one of the most anti-US presidents... ever. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-30 12:10 |
| #9 From: Obama To: The Falklands Msg: Who sent you? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-03-30 11:10 |
| #8 "we acknowledge competing claims" At least California serves a purpose in electoral college votes to keep Mexico City 'claims' to most of the Southwest from being similarly entertained. Can't afford to give up all those votes and |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-30 10:55 |
| #7 Not on Champ's radar screen as few if any of his "Our People" constituents reside on the Falklands. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-30 09:37 |
| #6 The State mouth-piece kept repeating “we acknowledge competing claims”. For clarification, those claims are from a collection of Latin American leftist thugs. So once again, this administration refuses to back an ally but does contortions not to insult those that routinely engage in anti-US rants. Go figure. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2013-03-30 09:31 |
| #5 phil_b, does that qualify it as one of the 57 states, Given the 'kids' are vacationing there while other kids can't visit the White House [cause of the sequester thingy you know]. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-30 09:05 |
| #4 But...but....HE's the Messiah. He will bring us all together, halve the Deficit in just four years. give us HOPE and CHANGE. Reset the Clock, Joy, Love.....uh..uh... What's that big sucking sound? |
| Posted by: Threater Flusoper9823 2013-03-30 08:02 |
| #3 The Americans should claim the British overseas territory of Bermuda, because it was originally part of the Virginia colony. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2013-03-30 01:14 |
| #2 O could have learned a whole lot from Winston Churchill. Winston may have been an empire guy, but he knew a lot and he had a lot to teach, if only people listened. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-03-30 00:25 |
| #1 In other nuss, Mafeking has been relieved. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-30 00:04 |