Posted on 01/01/2008 8:59:01 PM PST by george76
Not to be outdone by President Sarkozy's amorous overture to President Bush in Washington, Prime Minister Brown of Britain has used the first major foreign policy speech of his premiership to insist that Britain is America's closest ally.
Mr. Sarkozy claimed during his visit to Washington last week that France, not Britain, is now America's best friend and partner.
"It is no secret that I am a lifelong admirer of America," Mr. Brown said. And, in a thinly veiled reference to France's traditional dislike of America and its culture, he added, "I have no truck with anti-Americanism in Britain or elsewhere in Europe, and I believe that our ties with America — founded on values we share — constitute our most important bilateral relationship."
He welcomed France's late conversion to the American cause and a similar newfound affection for America expressed by Chancellor Merkel of Germany in her visit to Mr. Bush's ranch ...
"It is good for Britain, Europe and the wider world that today France and Germany and the E.U. are building stronger relationships with America," Mr. Brown said. But he emphasized that it is with America, not Europe, that Britain maintains its "most important" relationship.
Mr. Brown's comments will come as a slap to a former U.N. official, Mark Malloch-Brown, now a British foreign minister, who declared shortly after his appointment that since Mr. Brown's arrival in Downing Street, America and Britain were no longer "joined at the hip."
The maverick Lord Malloch-Brown, who has angered many members of the Bush administration with anti-American statements, was instantly reprimanded by the British foreign secretary, David Miliband, and has since found himself obliged to apologize for suggesting that Britain should start negotiating with the Islamist terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas.
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Britain, France Argue Which Is Closest U.S. Ally: how ironic.. when you look at the passed 20 years, ( more or less speaking about France ) I still don’t trust them.
Quite a change from fighting for who was most opposed to the U.S.
Maybe there is still hope in Old Europe after all ...
It’s a good sign that France and Britain are tripping all over themselves to be our favorite.
Now..Now.. No Fighting! America can be both of your friends. In fact, we like you so much that we have a few friends we want to ship to you. Their names are Hillary, Barrack, John Edwards, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.
Pro-American Tony Blair is no longer in charge and France is finally waking up to the Muslim hordes, all of this is not so surprising.
Bad news for us, Sarkozy calls for UN-led "new world order".
Bush’s fault.
Isn't this why they were made to leave 'Stan...negotiating with the Taliban? I believe the UK was involved with this.
Maybe the last of the genetic bravery in France has arisen.
Seriously, I hold that the main reason that these events have come to pass is President Bush's steadfast resolve in charting and staying a constant course in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Our resolve to stay the course and take real and prolonged causalities, along with a rather stoic endurance of bitter long term criticism from both the World body and the MSM, has produced real and positive results that only a left wing member of the liberal trash in America could fail to see.
I fault President Bush on many other things, but not on this.
Let’s hope Europe is coming around . The Swiss have also moved to the Right as well . Good things as of late , although Merkel is moving a bit to the Left unfortunately .
That is an alarming read. Thanks. - Bill
Ha ha, who now is America’s best friend. But I thought we needed Bill Clinton to go arouns the world to restore America’s image?
I wonder what the thermometer in Hell is reading today?
LOL!
But the media and Democrats said we need to repair our image in the world because Bush made everyone hate us....
I expect the same... they have to keep it warm for the Clintons...
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