Harry Cole, news editor of the Guido Fawkes' blog, was interviewed earlier this week on BBC Threes Free Speech show. Asked about the Falklands issue by host Rick Edwards, Harry blasted President Obamas refusal to recognise the Falklands referendum, describing him as a hypocrite and a coward. After all, as Cole pointed out, it doesnt look good when the leader of the free world cant 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 Coles 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 doesnt like Britain very much, and that his knife in the back over the Falklands, and his hectoring, lecturing tone on Europe, isnt very helpful for British interests. As Ive 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 Americas closest ally.
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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.
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The Americans should claim the British overseas territory of Bermuda, because it was originally part of the Virginia colony.
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?
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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].
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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.
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 graft campaign cash.
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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
[AAWSAT.NET]It would be no surprise if Iran is revealed to be behind the espionage cell placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! by the Saudi authorities last week. Iran has lately become the common denominator in every major regional issue. Bahrain is suffering as a result of Iranian interventions and threats, while the same can be said about the UAE with regards to Iran's blatant occupation of its islands. Kuwait is suffering greatly as a result of direct and indirect interference by Tehran, and Kuwait has previously announced that it has arrested espionage and armed cells affiliated with Iranian intelligence.
Of course, Tehran's fingerprints can be seen clearly all over Iraq. Today, the Iranians are firmly entrenched within the Iraqi political scene. We are also seeing Iran openly threatening Yemen, which has prompted Yemeni leaders to issue statements explicitly designating Tehran as a genuine threat to Yemen's security and unity. Neither can we overlook Iran's flagrant intervention in backing the criminal and despotic Assad regime--a position that nobody can accept. These are all criminal and dangerous actions.
Today, there is an entire generation of Arabs who long to see the Iran of old: the Iran that Arabs yearned to visit and to lose themselves in its culture and civilization. Arabs before the revolution witnessed the creativity of Iran's Isfahan craftsmen, who excelled at producing wonderful pottery and chandeliers--not to mention the marvelous carpet weavers who could be found in Qom, Tabriz and Kashan, whose products shocked the world. In addition to this, we have the wonderful Persian cuisine, from Iranian-style basmati rice to the Chelow kabob. These are all truly peerless dishes. We must also not forget Iranian saffron, which can be added to different dishes, and of course tea and coffee.
Iranian art and literature also have a special place in the Arab world. In fact, Arab audiences have always had a soft spot for well-known Iranian singer Googoosh, and still diligently attend her concerts and tours. She most recently appeared at London's Royal Albert Hall, and the number of Arabs in the audience demonstrated her fame in the Arab world. In addition, we have the poetry of Omar Khayyam and Rumi, not to mention the movies of Samira Makhmalbaf and Abbas Kiarostan.
These are all just examples of the stature that Iran once enjoyed in the Arab world. Iran is a dazzling and successful state that transformed into a spiteful and angry one, and it continues to incite uprisings, sedition and unrest. It has tainted the proud Iranian people to the point where they are always suspect and in doubt.
The Iranian people have been held for ransom by a despotic regime that is seeking to export the revolution. A comparison between the state of affairs in the region before and after Khomeini's 1979 revolution only serves to clarify the dubious consequences of this. This revolution was nothing more than a disaster for Iran and the entire region. We are all longing for the Iran of old, which served as a source of admiration and inspiration. However, alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk... it is now nothing more than a chapter of history, and there is no room for it in Iran's present.
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I had some Rose water Ice cream when I was driving a truck near the Iranian town of Jask once. Just simple Vanilla with rosewater syrup. I didn't know whether I liked it or not. But I ate it anyway.
Like Hannibal Lector once said, "We should always be willing to try new things..."
Came today in an e-mail, without attribution, but the good-ol' internet found the original. I like it. Bobby
JUST A COMMON SOLDIER
(A Soldier Died Today)
by A. Lawrence Vaincourt
He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion, telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he had fought in and the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies; they were heroes, every one.
And tho' sometimes, to his neighbors, his tales became a joke,
All his Legion buddies listened, for they knew whereof he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer for old Bill has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer, for a soldier died today.
He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife,
For he lived an ordinary and quite uneventful life.
Held a job and raised a family, quietly going his own way,
And the world won't note his passing, though a soldier died today.
When politicians leave this earth, their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing and proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell their whole life stories, from the time that they were young,
But the passing of a soldier goes unnoticed and unsung.
Is the greatest contribution to the welfare of our land
A guy who breaks his promises and cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow who, in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his Country and offers up his life?
A politician's stipend and the style in which he lives
Are sometimes disproportionate to the service that he gives.
While the ordinary soldier, who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal and perhaps, a pension small.
It's so easy to forget them for it was so long ago,
That the old Bills of our Country went to battle, but we know
It was not the politicians, with their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom that our Country now enjoys.
Should you find yourself in danger, with your enemies at hand,
Would you want a politician with his ever-shifting stand?
Or would you prefer a soldier, who has sworn to defend
His home, his kin and Country and would fight until the end?
He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us we may need his like again.
For when countries are in conflict, then we find the soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles that the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honor while he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage at the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline in a paper that would say,
Our Country is in mourning, for a soldier died today.
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Thank you, Bobby. Some names occurred to me as I read this -- and my thanks to them all.
"I AM A SOLDIER. It is my duty to obey orders. It is enough to turn ones hair grey to spend one day in Congress. The members are patriotic and earnest, but they will neither take the responsibility of action nor will they clothe me with authority to act for them".
General Robert E. Lee, quoted in John B Gordon, Reminiscences, 1903
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