Tuesday, January 5, 2010

So Much For That Special U.S. - U.K. Relationship

Gordon Brown and Barack Obama exchange a joke during a recent White House visit Photo: EPA

Analysis: Political Discord At The Highest Level Plays Havoc With The 'Special Relationship' -- The Telegraph

THE admission by Gordon Brown that he had not spoken to President Barack Obama since the attempted Christmas Day bombing spoke volumes about the fracture between Downing Street and the White House.

So too did an extraordinary 24 hours in which the Prime Minister’s spokesman indicated that MI5 had passed on the name of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Detroit bomber, to American intelligence in 2008 – a claim that at first mystified the White House.

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My Comment: This relationship started to go south this summer ..... as to the reason why .... I am sure both sides have legitimate reasons.

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