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| US warns Britain to stay in Europe or risk isolation |
| 2013-01-09 |
| The Obama Administration has warned Britain that it risks damaging its relationship with Washington if it abandons the European Union. Speaking on a visit to London, Philip Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, said that the EU had “increasing weight” in the world and made plain that it would be wise for the UK to retain its influence in Brussels. In the first glimpse of the approach of President Obama towards Britain and Europe since his re-election in November, Mr Gordon reaffirmed the historic importance of Britain’s relationship with Washington. But he said that the EU was seen as an increasingly important partner across the Atlantic on issues such as growth, jobs and the threat of a nuclear Iran. Speaking just weeks before David Cameron is expected to promise a referendum on Europe in a long-awaited speech, he cautioned that such referenda could “turn countries inwards.” He added: “Every hour at an EU summit spent debating the institutional make-up of the European Union is one less hour spent talking about how we can solve our common challenges of growth, jobs and international peace around the world.” |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 The major Euro-States includ Russia spent the better part of the 19th Century + early, mid 20th Century REACTING to British power + enforced stability, as best illustrated or symbolized by the ROYAL NAVY + SOJOURNS. IMO the Bammer is correct iff his point is that the EU/EUZ needs the UK - perhaps more importantly, the EU/EUZ needs a UK that is still capable of asserting potent or decisive Continental Leadership + strategic MilPoL power as required. THE UK CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY NEEDS A STRONG "KING/QUEEN" = MONARCH, NOT A LAS VEGAS OR SAUDI-STYLE PERENNIAL "PARTY PRINCE". The above being said, I would like to know how the Bammer + Admin see the US under OWG NAU in 2015 or ASAP after??? IT PISSES ME OFF THAT US WASHINGTON CRITTERS ARE UNILATERALLY IMPOSING ANTI-SOVEREIGNTY, ANTI--NATIONALIST, ANTI-CONSTITUTION, ANTI-REPUBLIC, + ANTI-FREEDOM/LIBERAL OWG + SOCIALISM ON THE US WIDOUT EVEN TRYING OR BOTHERING TO EXPLAIN THE PREMISES OR MERITS TO ORDINARY AMERICANS OR EVEN TO VOTE ON IT! The above is the stuff that de facto National, Sectarian Revolutions, Militantism, Anarchy, Civil Wars + Separatisms are made from. 2014. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-01-09 21:09 |
| #7 fog in channel continent cut off |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-01-09 18:11 |
| #6 They might want to be isolated from this asshole. What's he gonna do for them? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-01-09 17:54 |
| #5 That's like telling someone to stay with the Titanic if they don't want to be isolated in a lifeboat. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-01-09 16:56 |
| #4 I can see their point. How isolated would they be while the island slowly makes its way across the Atlantic? Land masses don't move that fast... |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2013-01-09 16:54 |
| #3 Britain, Don't listen to Obama, he's temporay. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-01-09 16:28 |
| #2 > EU had "increasing weight" in the world Yes, it's sinking beneath the waves. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-01-09 16:15 |
| #1 It is not the US' right to tell the UK what to do. Kinder, gentler, bullying. Whether or not it is in the UK's interest to stay or leave the EU is their own issue. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2013-01-09 16:09 |