Foreign Office Fury as Settlement of Uighurs in Bermuda [Hillary made a boo-boo, didn't tell Brits]

Times Online ^ | 6-17-09

[SJackson]

The British Government responded with ill-disguised fury tonight to the news that four Chinese Uighurs freed from Guantanamo Bay had been flown for resettlement on the Atlantic tourist paradise of Bermuda.

The four arrived on Bermuda in the early hours, celebrating the end of seven years of detention after learning that they were to be accepted as guest workers.

But it appears that the Government of Bermuda failed to consult with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the decision to take in the Uighurs – whose return is demanded by Beijing – and it could now be forced to send them back to Cuba or risk a grave diplomatic crisis.

Bermuda, Britain's oldest remaining dependency, is one of 14 overseas territories that come under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, which retains direct responsibility for such matters as foreign policy and security.

[Peter Libra]

The Brits got screwed.

True to an extent. The Brits will survive only if they retain a sense of humour. Alas, the politically correct climate over there has dampened and forgive me if I boast- a once humorous application to things topical. It was Gilbert and Sullivan who chuckled at the problems of law enforcers. It was they who got into the mind and practice of the criminal. Thus:

"When the cut-throat isn't occupied in crime-
Pied in crime.
He loves to hear the little brook a-gurgling'
Brook a-gurgling
And listen to the merry village chime
Village chime".

The light opera goes on to commiserate with the constabulary. They carry the burdens of enforcement with them all the time. When the criminal feels like it, he can "lie a-basking in the sun". The whole thing with the former detainees in an Island paradise, is one great comic opera.

One thing though, the laugh is on Western civilization.

[Citizen Soldier]

hillary nevers asks anybody, she TELLS them what do to