Poor baby.

Aww - poor Zero was too fucking tired to show proper respect to the elected leader of our oldest and most reliable ally.

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

Not only are we obviously a Nation of Crybaby Pussies but we evidently now have a President who personifies it.  Awesome.

Worst. Administration. Ever.

British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by a British prime minister.

Why should this surprise anyone?  It's been painfully obvious to anyone paying attention that these savants have been making it up as they go.  Why should "Smart Diplomacy" be any different?

Oh, and speaking of "Smart Diplomacy"...

The real views of many in Obama administration were laid bare by a State Department official involved in planning the Brown visit, who reacted with fury when questioned by The Sunday Telegraph about why the event was so low-key.

The official dismissed any notion of the special relationship, saying: "There's nothing special about Britain. You're just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn't expect special treatment." The apparent lack of attention to detail by the Obama administration is indicative of what many believe to be Mr Obama's determination to do too much too quickly.

Actually, I think this could be best classified by Room-Temperature-IQ-Fucking-Brainless Diplomacy.  Or, as Ace put it:

1) Smarter diplomacy is supposedly the stock in trade of this administration. Is this smart? Insulting our oldest ally? No, it's not smart -- it's left-wing score-settling against Britain for being "too right wing" for having supported Bush's efforts in Iraq, and perhaps for being a colonial power through the fifties.

2) They don't know what the fuck they're doing.

3) The quote shows the arrogance and thin-skinnedness of this administration. Utterly unable to graciously confess error and seek forgiveness, they instead dig their heels in and claim We meant to do that. They intended, it seems, for no particularly good reason to alienate our most reliable and oldest ally. (Apologies to Australia which also can lay claim to that title.) That's their story -- we meant to let Britain know it was no more important to us than, say, Trinidad and Tobago.

I suppose though I shouldn't be too hard on President Lightworker - after all, this is the first real job he's ever had where he's expected to, you know, actually fucking do something other than show up and be adored.

I suppose it's fortunate Zero isn't facing a domestic terrorist attack targeting key financial and military institutions in the midst of an economic recession - I mean, the poor baby needs his rest.  After all, he's got an entire country to ruin and you can't hope to do that without a good nights' sleep and a healthy, balanced breakfast.

Posted by: DocJ at 01:42 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
Post contains 532 words, total size 4 kb.