Our President..."The English Embassy was crashed in Iran"
usamamasan1
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And you guys think the GOP candidates don't have a grip on foreign policy issues? How about our current President???
article below is here:
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/29/doe ... d-england/
It is gratifying to see President Barack Obama condemn the disgraceful storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by thugs acting at the behest of the Iranian regime. After all, Obama has been notoriously slow in the past to criticise the brutal actions of the Iranian government after initially extending the hand of friendship to it. But did he really need to make another embarrassing foreign policy gaffe while doing so?
In a press conference Nov 29th, the president referred in stumbling fashion to the “English Embassy” in Iran instead of the British Embassy. One can only imagine the kind of howls of derision that would greet any presidential contender if that kind of basic error were made before, say, the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wat8ON_Y ... r_embedded
In case the president is unaware, England forms part of Great Britain, which also includes Scotland and Wales, though not Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. There is no such thing as an “English” embassy anywhere in the world, and there hasn’t been one for several centuries.
I wonder if he is on cocaine again?
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by this latest slip-up by President Obama. After all he recently described France as America’s closest ally, and famously declared that he has traveled to no less than 57 states. But it would be nice if the leader of the free world bothered to look at a map once in a while, or even paid a visit to the British Embassy in Washington, currently housing the Churchill bust that Mr. Obama unceremoniously threw out of the Oval Office soon after his inauguration.
Obama’s latest gaffe also raises questions about his overall approach to the Special Relationship. This has been a presidency that has significantly downgraded traditional US alliances, from Britain and Israel to eastern and central Europe, while appeasing brutal enemies like Iran as well as strategic adversaries such as Russia. All too often, Washington’s allies have been taken for granted, and even undermined. As a senior State Department official put it in 2009, in the eyes of the current administration: “there’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.”
From siding with Argentina on its call for UN-brokered negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falklands, to placing “a boot on the throat” of BP, Britain’s largest company, the Obama administration has downgraded relations with America’s closest friend and partner on the world stage. The Special Relationship still matters greatly on several key fronts for the United States, from the NATO-led operation in Afghanistan to the global war against Islamist terrorism. US-British military and intelligence cooperation remains vital to the defense of the free world, and cooperation between London and Washington will be imperative in standing up to an increasingly aggressive Iran. The White House will no doubt dismiss this latest faux pas by the president as a slip of the tongue, but it cannot disguise the fact that it has on many occasions treated Britain and other key allies with an air of disdain, and even contempt.
If this were Bush or a GOP candidate for that matter, AMT and the press would be all over him. But, I hear nothing about this gaffe on this forum.... :crazy:
and a little something extra for good measure.
http://tv.breitbart.com/busted-ayers-ad ... lled-myth/
article below is here:
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/29/doe ... d-england/
It is gratifying to see President Barack Obama condemn the disgraceful storming of the British Embassy in Tehran by thugs acting at the behest of the Iranian regime. After all, Obama has been notoriously slow in the past to criticise the brutal actions of the Iranian government after initially extending the hand of friendship to it. But did he really need to make another embarrassing foreign policy gaffe while doing so?
In a press conference Nov 29th, the president referred in stumbling fashion to the “English Embassy” in Iran instead of the British Embassy. One can only imagine the kind of howls of derision that would greet any presidential contender if that kind of basic error were made before, say, the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. VIDEO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wat8ON_Y ... r_embedded
In case the president is unaware, England forms part of Great Britain, which also includes Scotland and Wales, though not Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. There is no such thing as an “English” embassy anywhere in the world, and there hasn’t been one for several centuries.
I wonder if he is on cocaine again?
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by this latest slip-up by President Obama. After all he recently described France as America’s closest ally, and famously declared that he has traveled to no less than 57 states. But it would be nice if the leader of the free world bothered to look at a map once in a while, or even paid a visit to the British Embassy in Washington, currently housing the Churchill bust that Mr. Obama unceremoniously threw out of the Oval Office soon after his inauguration.
Obama’s latest gaffe also raises questions about his overall approach to the Special Relationship. This has been a presidency that has significantly downgraded traditional US alliances, from Britain and Israel to eastern and central Europe, while appeasing brutal enemies like Iran as well as strategic adversaries such as Russia. All too often, Washington’s allies have been taken for granted, and even undermined. As a senior State Department official put it in 2009, in the eyes of the current administration: “there’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment.”
From siding with Argentina on its call for UN-brokered negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falklands, to placing “a boot on the throat” of BP, Britain’s largest company, the Obama administration has downgraded relations with America’s closest friend and partner on the world stage. The Special Relationship still matters greatly on several key fronts for the United States, from the NATO-led operation in Afghanistan to the global war against Islamist terrorism. US-British military and intelligence cooperation remains vital to the defense of the free world, and cooperation between London and Washington will be imperative in standing up to an increasingly aggressive Iran. The White House will no doubt dismiss this latest faux pas by the president as a slip of the tongue, but it cannot disguise the fact that it has on many occasions treated Britain and other key allies with an air of disdain, and even contempt.
If this were Bush or a GOP candidate for that matter, AMT and the press would be all over him. But, I hear nothing about this gaffe on this forum.... :crazy:
and a little something extra for good measure.
http://tv.breitbart.com/busted-ayers-ad ... lled-myth/
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The embassy formerly known as "British", will now be called "English", by all.
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Yes. I OP'd this thing. Then logged out. Then logged in under my other name, and replied to my own post.
That is easier for some on the Train to accept, than the idea that there are 2 separate people in the world, who hold unflattering views of the current, and soon-to-be-ex-President...
:roll:
I would love to buy "myself" a drink.
Is Guantanamo closed yet?
And now I hear he is going to allow horses to be slaughtered....
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I can save you some time, open 2 windows on your server.
Sarcasm is lost on you I see....
Is the criticism based on his use of the word 'English' in reference on the British Embassy? If it is, do people know that English and British are sort of interchangable? You know, sort of like the way 'America' and 'United States' are interchangable.
And yes... I understand that Britian (a.k.a. The United Kingdom) consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland... and England is a seperate country.
...
I would think that people should be more upset at those Iranians that stormed the Embassy.
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"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
No.
You're reaching to find fault, man.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
Yeah it's only been closed down since 1980
Who gives a shit?
NOW HE IS UNELECTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Oh, are you from America?
Yes
Which part?
North America
huh?
You know, the United States
Oh.
This Obama thing isn't that big of a deal. An error? Yes. A huge political slipup? No.
Should we be scared?
Are we in danger??
Just people making a monster out of a mesquito.
Fear... makes it easier to manipulate people.
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take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
The people who would be upset by Obama's reference, and also by your comment are the Welsh, Scottish, and Northern Irish.
To use your analogy, it would be more akin to the USA being made up of four states, with 'New York' often being used to refer to the whole. The other states would (and do) take perpetual offence.
Send my credentials to the house of detention
I wish my life was so simple that I had time to be offended by every little thing out there.
It's a common slip up, easily done, commonly done. I'm English, and was simply pointing out the facts - that England is one of four countries that make up the United Kingdom, or Great Britain - and that the other three countries take offense when England is used as the generic term. It has a kind of 'Colonialist' significance to them. It seems a pretty minor gaffe on Obama's part to me - although usamamasan is right - if W Bush had said this, the liberals would have dined out on it I'm sure.
Send my credentials to the house of detention
actually Great Britain is only Scotland, Wales and England, but I forgive your slip.......
It wasn't really directed at you my friend. It's all good. :thumbup: