Some British MPs want to get rid of the phrase ”special relationship" in reference to Anglo-American ties, because they say it has lost its meaning, and because it suggests that Britain is the subservient poodle of superpower America.
Asked to respond to this at the White House press briefing on Monday, press secretary Robert Gibbs hesitated to use the phrase in his initial answer.
After being pressed on this by a journalist, he also seemed to suggest that the phrase is a bit of diplo-speak that has no deep meaning: “I don’t have a special relationship with the phrase ‘special relationship.’ We have a special relationship with Britain.”
“I’d have the report forwarded in and around to the media and you guys can banter back and forth on the banner that we use it with,” he added.
Here’s some banter: No one tell the Israelis that there’s nothing special about “special relationships.”
Because as Gibbs spoke, President Obama issued his message to Israelis on their Independence Day, saying, “I am confident that our special relationship will only be strengthened in the months and years to come."
I like accuracy in politicians speeches.
It is special. It is long-term. It had breadth and depth, and is not negotiable.
What is negotiable is the form of the relationship.
Yes, it has breadth and depth–with US politicians, both incumbents and wannabees and government appointees seeking to keep their jobs, and applicants seeking appointment or to be hired. As for the rest of Americans (except for the Christian Zionists, who have their own end-times agenda), the “special relationship” is miles wide and at most an inch deep.
So far it’s been long-term. But it’s fading.
What should be negotiable is both the form and content. If either is not in the best interests of the USA, change should be demanded. Content is influenced by container, and visa versa.
>> It is special.
Yes, it certainly is.
>> [It] is not negotiable.
All relationships are negotiable.
and is not negotiable.
Witty, you off all people know that is a maximalist position.
But, it is after all a special relationship. What other country on earth can thumb it’s nose at the US and be rewarded with aid guarantees for the next decade?
In that sense, it certainly is special, or more accurately, unusual.
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Today, in the Guardian link to guardian.co.uk
an op-ed referred to the Iranian “threat”. Brits are starting to point out the Emperor’s naked ass.
>> “But it’s plain that pressure is growing on Obama [and others] to win international backing for the “crippling” sanctions they promised …
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, who has not ruled out military strikes of his own …
John McCain … said … “We have to be willing to pull the trigger on significant sanctions.”
What’s with all the “maximalist” talk? Where is consideration of “the other”? Why does the West say “I’m not interested”?
I would be much more interested in how you lied your way to an Israeli prison cell and then got deported.
Folks, observe the Zionist Neo-Con in his natural habitat. He is unable to form a sentence without resorting to lies, slander and ugly dirty tactics.
Here is the spokesperson for these fanatics:
link to youtube.com
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I’ll think you’ll find that there are MANY British MPs in addition to even more British people who want to put an end to this ridiculous notion of there being a “special relationship” between our two countries. We are treated with the same disdain as lapdogs and quite frankly, we’re tired of all the snubs. Bring on Nick Clegg!!
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