{"id":27498,"date":"2012-04-17T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=27498"},"modified":"2012-04-17T07:43:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:43:24","slug":"dont-cry-for-me-david-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=27498","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Cry For Me, David Cameron"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember thirty years ago, when Ronald Reagan stood up for our British allies when their sovereign territory was seized (as part of the Argentinian military dictatorship’s diversion from the woeful economy) by force? \u00a0How Reagan backed the Brits and Prime Minister Thatcher’s stance that getting foreign policy wishes granted by force was wrong and must not be rewarded by acquiescence?<\/p>\n

Barack Obama sure doesn’t<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Only a month after lavishly praising U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, President Barack Obama ditched him at a press conference in Colombia.<\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s turnabout came April 15 when he was asked about Argentina\u2019s demand for control of the Falkland Islands, which are home to roughly 3,000 British citizens. The islands are located in the South Atlantic some 300 miles from Argentina.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur position on this is that we are going to remain neutral\u2026 this is not something that we typically intervene in,\u201d Obama replied to the question.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s not an idle question. \u00a0The Argentines, addled with a left-leaning government that’s losing control of their economy, needs to whip up some nationalist fervor in lieu of bread and circuses. \u00a0The Falklands – Malvinas, <\/em>to them – make a handy bit of jingo to toss about.<\/p>\n

Oh, yeah – remember back in 2000-2008, when Presidents bobbling geography was a threat to democracy?<\/p>\n

Obama also mislabeled the islands as \u201cThe Maldives,\u201d partly because Argentina\u2019s government says the Falkland Islands should be called the \u201cMalvinas\u201d islands.<\/p>\n

In fact, the Maldive Islands are in the Indian ocean, not in the South Atlantic. They are some 8,200 miles from the Falklands.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He’s a former law professor, doncha know.<\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s neutral stance contrasts with his fulsome praise for Cameron and the U.K. during Cameron\u2019s state visit March 14.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor decades, our troops have stood together on the battlefield\u2026 So, David, thank you, as always, for being such an outstanding ally, partner and friend,\u201d Obama declared.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I said this morning, because of our efforts, our alliance is as strong as it has ever been,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The islands have been populated by British citizens since 1833. In April 1982, an Argentinian invasion force occupied the islands, but was ejected by a British fleet that sailed 7,800 miles from the U.K.<\/p>\n

The Falklands are now increasingly valuable because the surrounding seabed is expected to contain oil and natural-gas reserves.<\/p>\n

In March, Argentinian foreign minister Hector Timerman slammed the U.K.\u2019s plans for oil exploration. Without approval from Argentina, any drilling would be illegal and would prompt civil and criminal charges, he declared.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe South Atlantic\u2019s oil and gas are property of the Argentine people,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

However, Obama\u2019s familiarity with the three-decade-old dispute is unclear.<\/p>\n

Neither Cameron nor Obama acknowledged discussing the Argentinian claim during the March state visit.<\/p>\n

Also, Obama said the United States \u201ctypically\u201d does not intervene in the territorial dispute.<\/p>\n

However, the U.S. provided critical aid to the 1982 British naval campaign that defeated the Argentinian invasion force. The aid, approved by President Ronald Reagan, included spy-satellite data and advanced heat-seeking missiles that were used to shoot down Argentina\u2019s anti-ship bombers.<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2012\/04\/16\/obama-throws-u-k-s-cameron-under-the-bus-over-falklands\/#ixzz1sEGp5VtH<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember thirty years ago, when Ronald Reagan stood up for our British allies when their sovereign territory was seized (as part of the Argentinian military dictatorship’s diversion from the woeful economy) by force? \u00a0How Reagan backed the Brits and Prime Minister Thatcher’s stance that getting foreign policy wishes granted by force was wrong and must […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-president-obama","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27514,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27498\/revisions\/27514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}