Friday, August 30, 2013

Cartoon mocks Obama; 'I have all the evidence I need (just not the facts)'-BBC

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8/29/13, "UK Syria vote leaves US asking 'what's so special?'" BBC, Mark Mardell

"The vote of British MPs against military intervention in Syria is likely to send shock waves through the Obama administration. Britain has tended to march in lockstep with the US and this rejection of President Barack Obama's argument will leave bruises.

Before the vote the administration was fairly sanguine about David Cameron's difficulties and the delay in the UK joining any action.

It may be a different story now that it is clear Britain, so often cast as America's poodle, won't take part at all. 

A senior administration official has told the BBC that they will continue to consult with the UK government, whom they call "one of our closest allies and friends"."...



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