Our closest ally, Great Britain, has been disrespected by Obama 3 times in the last 6 weeks. First Obama removed the bust of Winston Churchill that was given to the White House by Great Britain and he sent it back to England.
Secondly, he failed to honor the British Prime Minister with the traditional, joint press conference with all the flags in the East Room, with the press corps made up of both British and US reporters honoring their first meeting.
Thirdly, as the icing on the cake, after receiving three very thoughtful gifts from the British Prime Minister:
1. An ornamental desk pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet, once named HMS President. The same oak timbers that were used to make Obama's desk in the oval office.
2. The framed commission for HMS Resolute, a vessel that came to symbolise (English spelling) Anglo-US peace when it was saved from ice packs by Americans and given to Queen Victoria.
3. A first edition set of the seven-volume classic biography of Churchill by Sir Martin Gilbert.
And what does Obama give the Prime Minister of our greatest ally in the whole world? 25 DVDs of classic American Films - not even in blu ray format. How thoughtful. These are items that could have been purchased by the Prime Minister on Amazon.com if he really wanted to see them.
I guess they don't teach manners at Harvard these days.
I thought that the world was supposed to love the U.S after we elected Obama to the highest office in the land. Well in Great Britain here is what they have to say.
Outside of the National Gallery in London (which is a famous art museum as clarification for you Obama voters), there is a statue of George Washington (the first U.S. President as clarification for you Obama voters) that was presented to Great Britain by the commonwealth of Virginia. I wonder how Obama would feel if Prime Minister Brown ordered that statue to be returned to Obama with instructions on where he could put it?
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