Posted on 05/21/2011 3:13:42 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Military and diplomatic sources in both Britain and the US are privately critical over the other side’s role in the action which has hit a damaging “stalemate” and left Colonel Muammar Gadaffi clinging to power.
Britain wants the US to take more of a defined role in the campaign, with UK military chiefs protesting that the effectiveness of bombing raids is being lessened by the absence of American leadership.
US diplomatic sources, meanwhile, have criticised Britain as a “skittish” and unpredictable ally which frequently issues a “red card” -- effectively vetoing a target, causing confusion and greatly hampering proper planning.
Mr Obama emphasised the differences between the two allies yesterday, describing the action against Libya as “limited” in a letter to US lawmakers.
Mr Cameron is expected to pass on the frustration over the lack of leadership from the US when he holds talks with Mr Obama at 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, although Downing Street sources last night denied there were tensions.
Both London and Washington are keen to proclaim a new era for the “special relationship” between the two nations on the eve of the trip, which will see the president and his wife, Michelle, spend two nights in Britain, with the programme including a state banquet at Buckingham Palace and a speech by Mr Obama to both houses of parliament.
It will also feature a barbecue in No 10’s rose garden on Wednesday, hosted jointly by Samantha Cameron and Mrs Obama, which both leaders are expected to take time out of their schedules to attend.
Guests, who include servicemen and women and their partners, will be served British burgers and sausages, with some food sourced in Mr Cameron’s Oxfordshire constituency of Witney.
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state,
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Clinging to power, I believe the clinging is on the part of the ragtags, clinging to their four acres.
Oh pleae...let it be a good old fashioned barbecuse featuring lots of pork....dry rubbed and smoked low and slow then slavered with sauce.
The ribs, the shanks, the feet, the head...the whole damned thing.
I would love to see photos of Obama and the First Wookie turning thier noses up at that board-of-faire.
“Present”
a speech by Mr Obama to both houses of parliament.
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Does his telprompter know any English ???
This is gonna be another fiasco! Ubama or the Wookie will step in it,,,,, somehow.
These pukes will embarrass our country yet again. Moochelle with her Chicago ghetto wardrobe and odumbo with his idiocy and total lack of class.
So, are the rabid leftists going to try and serve an arrest warrant on the ‘warmonger’ Obama when he sets foot on British soil?
Didn’t some of them threaten to do just that to President Bush?
The ribs, the shanks, the feet, the head...the whole damned thing.
I would love to see photos of Obama and the First Wookie turning thier noses up at that board-of-faire.
Don't forget to include beer with a verified alcohol content.
What's he doing in Britain now? Everything is over - they are off cozying up on the honeymoon....He's a bit late to the party
Oh, that's right....he wasn't invited...
Mmm, mouthwatering. I can only imagine Hussein looking in disgust at all this pork.
Ayatollah Obama wants revenge on the UK for waterboarding his Mau-Mau grandfather.
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