The US and the UK are supposed to have a so called “special relationship”, which appears to be about to get a divorce, or at least it should.
The leaders of the UK have for many years fawned over the US president and in some cases such as our Tony inserted their nose onto the nether regions of G W Bush and followed him around like a puppy dog. Unfortunately we all know how many times G W has dropped the said doggy.
Now it seems one of the Miliband brothers has taken over the job of rectal plug: Miliband refuses to release torture documents
He has refused to release documents requested by Guantanomo Bay resident Binyam Mohamed and denied that his decision was based on fear of US reprisals.
A damning High Court judgement yesterday said the documents could not be released because Foreign Office lawyers told the court that if they were then the US would stop giving the UK intelligence information, which would put UK citizens at risk.
Fear of not getting intelligence from America, like the intelligence that preceded the 9/11 debacle or the WMD that the US told us were prevelent in Iraq, and plunged us into a war that proved to be a fatal mistake for 178 British soldiers as of 11th of Decenber 2008.
Since before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour the US intelligence agencies have been second rate, we however seem to think that without American help we would be at risk, we are at risk because of American Intelligence, they dragged us into Iraq, causing reprisals, we went into Afghanistan with the Americans, causing reprisals.
Our Government seems to be unable to wipe its arse without “intelligence” from across the pond.
I like Americans, I have a few friends there, they are decent people who, like us are puppets under our respective Governments, who pull the strings and we pay for it.
As I said at the start of this post, the relationship has broken down, the best recourse is divorce, or at least a separation until we find out what President Obama has tucked in his desk draw.
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go”. - Oscar Wilde
Angus
Angus Dei on all and sundry
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The leaders of the UK have for many years fawned over the US president and in some cases such as our Tony inserted their nose onto the nether regions of G W Bush and followed him around like a puppy dog. Unfortunately we all know how many times G W has dropped the said doggy.
Now it seems one of the Miliband brothers has taken over the job of rectal plug: Miliband refuses to release torture documents
He has refused to release documents requested by Guantanomo Bay resident Binyam Mohamed and denied that his decision was based on fear of US reprisals.
A damning High Court judgement yesterday said the documents could not be released because Foreign Office lawyers told the court that if they were then the US would stop giving the UK intelligence information, which would put UK citizens at risk.
Fear of not getting intelligence from America, like the intelligence that preceded the 9/11 debacle or the WMD that the US told us were prevelent in Iraq, and plunged us into a war that proved to be a fatal mistake for 178 British soldiers as of 11th of Decenber 2008.
Since before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour the US intelligence agencies have been second rate, we however seem to think that without American help we would be at risk, we are at risk because of American Intelligence, they dragged us into Iraq, causing reprisals, we went into Afghanistan with the Americans, causing reprisals.
Our Government seems to be unable to wipe its arse without “intelligence” from across the pond.
I like Americans, I have a few friends there, they are decent people who, like us are puppets under our respective Governments, who pull the strings and we pay for it.
As I said at the start of this post, the relationship has broken down, the best recourse is divorce, or at least a separation until we find out what President Obama has tucked in his desk draw.
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go”. - Oscar Wilde
Angus
Angus Dei on all and sundry
NHS
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