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Obama snubs Britain with Falklands neutrality
LOWELL SUN ^ | 04/27/2012 | Peter Lucas

Posted on 04/27/2012 10:41:49 AM PDT by pietraynor

While President Barack Obama's latest gaffe at the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena was largely overlooked by the national media, fixated as it is on the Secret Service hooker scandal, it was not lost elsewhere -- especially in the United Kingdom and in Argentina.

The gaffe, if that is what it was -- and not a premeditated slap at the British -- came during the joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos after the conference.

A Colombian television reporter asked Obama why it was that neither the issues of Cuba nor the "Malvinas" were taken up at the conference.

The "Malvinas" is the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands, which lie off the coast of Argentina in the South Atlantic. It is what Argentina, which claims the islands, and the rest of South America call them.

Read more: http://www.lowellsun.com/columnists/ci_20494762/obama-snubs-britain-falklands-neutrality#ixzz1tGPaJQNV

(Excerpt) Read more at lowellsun.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; falklands; obama

1 posted on 04/27/2012 10:41:51 AM PDT by pietraynor
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To: pietraynor

This is Hussein’s policy: Insult America’s allies and aid America’s enemies.


2 posted on 04/27/2012 10:46:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: pietraynor
A Colombian television reporter asked Obama why it was that neither the issues of Cuba nor the "Malvinas" were taken up at the conference.

Not sure why they didn't talk about Cuba, however, Soetoro's teleprompter had a really good answer about the Maldives but nothing about the Malvinas.

3 posted on 04/27/2012 10:52:50 AM PDT by immadashell
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To: pietraynor
Engraved gold plaque in Oval Office reads:

ALWAYS PRAISE COMMUNISTS' AND OUR OTHER ENEMY's.

ALWAYS CONDEMN NON-COMMUNIST'S AND OUR FRIENDS.

4 posted on 04/27/2012 11:11:54 AM PDT by jmax (Be warned....I'm armed. Round is chambered, full magazine is inserted, safety is off.)
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To: BenLurkin; tomdavidd; Freeper; Gvl_M3; Flotsam_Jetsome; Berlin_Freeper; Hotlanta Mike; ...
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"This is Hussein’s policy: Insult America’s allies and aid America’s enemies."

5 posted on 04/27/2012 11:38:11 AM PDT by LucyT
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To: pietraynor

It’s amazing we have to get this from the Lowell Sun!


6 posted on 04/27/2012 11:59:14 AM PDT by GregNH (>>>>>I am SO ready to join a brigade of pickup trucks to surround DC<<<<<)
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To: immadashell

Maybe he thought the Maldives one of the 57 states of England.


7 posted on 04/27/2012 3:41:30 PM PDT by bgill
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