I would like to remind the British that collectively they clamored for this hope and change, and wished they could vote instead of just we cowboy Americans. But just because I still remember that particular slap doesn't mean I think the British deserve to be abandoned after they got what the professed to wish.
But perhaps the British just underestimate the smartness of our surely nuanced foreign policy. Perhaps it is a wise idea to shift our diplomatic support to the Argentinians over the British because the Argentinians fought and died at our side in battles in far off Iraq and Afghanistan. Oh wait, it's actually the reverse, as the author notes:
If Mr Obama repeats his Secretary of State’s earlier pledge of support for Argentina’s position it will be viewed as nothing less than another betrayal of America’s closest friend and ally, at a time when thousands of British troops are putting their lives on the line alongside their US allies on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
Well he didn't bring up Iraq. Perhaps because that war is really unpopular in Britain. But I will. Perhaps because I appreciate it all the more because it is so unpopular there.
The British might just be a little touchy. After the joys of experiencing America's "leading from behind" over Libya, which left Britain's narrow military assets on the knife's edge of failure, perhaps the British just don't appreciate the brilliance of "leading from so far behind that you can't see us" over the Falklands issue.
Mr. Gardiner bemoans our lack of loyalty. Tough luck on that. Maybe your citizens can contact voters in Ohio next year to express their desire to replace this president who you don't trust to stand with you.
Yeah, that stunt still burns my biscuits, too.
