Nice touch Obama

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It was a bit dumb of Obama to say France are the US's main ally. Maybe the UK should pull their troops out of the middle east then.

France have nothing to do with the US except giving them the Statue of Liberty. Also Obama "loathes" the UK (he said that) because of the BP oil spill I think. And my country isn't that good anyway. I don't even have any shame in saying this .

^^ Which is why I never got the point as to why we were so mad at France for their lack of participation in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Seriously, I think Congress passed a law after that renaming french fries to "freedom fries" or some s**t like that.

I think it was because we thought France owed us something, and their inaction was tantamount to not repaying a debt. Hello? If anything we owe France everything. If they hadn't stepped in when they did, we'd still be a colony of England. Plus they gave us one of our national symbols, as well as land rights for the half of the continient not owned by England.

And, believe it or not, Turkey is one of our main allies. But Britain is our foremost ally and family. But Obama has hated Britain and cannot get over his hatred. I am angry that on the first day of office he gave back the bust of Winston Churchill to Britain. He could have put it in a quiet room or donated it to the Smithsonian, but he publicly gave it back to insult them. Then when he has had to give presents, he has always given crap presents to the British, and makes sure to not invite British to international meetings and will not mark any special anniversaries of the British that the US routinely attended.
He also insulted the Polish by having them find out that he was negating an agreement of protection for them by reading it in the paper.
He insulted the, well, on and on. He does not like Europe, and he does like countries full of people who despise the US. And he doesn't seem to like the US either. It's got to be hard to be president of a country one doesn't like.

I'm not sure who Glen Beck is. I believe he held a rally of some sort in Washington D.C. a few months ago.


Yes, really.

Although I suppose none of that was as bad as when Pres. Clinton told the premiere of China (Chou En-Lai?) that China couldn't become as wealthy as the US because then the world would become too polluted. You should have seem me shouting at the breakfast table when I read that in the paper.

I get my news from Al-Jazeera.net English and All Africa and BBC and Hot Air and Town Hall and Jawa and random clicks from those places. I used to go to Daily Kos and Huffington also, but I finally could not take any more profanity.

Another great source of fascinating news is No Oil For Pacifists.

I think Obama likes France because he believes in French style socialism. France is a very centralized state.
I do not believe France is an enemy of the US, but it is a rival to the UK. Since the US and UK are longtime allies, the French feel insulted. France is sometimes a rival to the US. I do not mind France refusing to invade Iraq, but they can be hypocritical. They unilaterally attacked Ivory Coast not long after Bush invaded Iraq. I have had a French girl tell me that the US and UK are imperialist pigs as if France is not.
The French are actually better at international power playing than the US and their espionage is very effective.
As for Obama, it is said he dislikes Britain because his grandfather was mistreated by them in Kenya. If it's true, I have no problem with him personaly disliking the UK government. I know a lot of Irish who hate the UK. However,as president his personal feeling have to be put aside.

My feeling about the French is that they are not so much against the US as that they enjoy feeling superior to the US. I studied French for six years in Jr. High and High School and got to where I could read some of their magazines. I got real tired of the magazines' constant mockery of the US. So I stopped studying French, and these many decades later have forgotten all but a few words. I wouldn't mind visiting Paris and the Provence someday.