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In today’s Wall Street Journal, Eliot Cohen writes:
What do the following have in common: the piling on Israel after the botched interception of the Hamas relief flotilla, the Chinese military telling the U.S. secretary of defense that he was not welcome in Beijing, and the declaration by Nick Clegg—now deputy prime minister of Great Britain—that his country’s special relationship with America is over?
Answer: The Obama administration has managed to convince most countries around the world that we are worth little as friends and even less as enemies.
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ottovbvs // Jun 7, 2010 at 7:41 am
…….The US relationship with Britain(and most of Europe) was destroyed by Bush who when he went on a state visit was literally unable to leave Buck house…….they even had to have the military parade in the courtyard of the palace …..when Blair left office he was reviled as America’s poodle
TerryF98 // Jun 7, 2010 at 9:20 am
So the fact that Europe condemned the Israeli disaster on the high seas is somehow Obamas fault.
Please enough already, zero credibility here.
jakester // Jun 7, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Obama was pretty supportive of Israel’s latest PR disaster, China was never our ally. and Britain has been distancing themselves from us based on our support of Israel and Iraq. . Sounds like more neocon paranoia.