tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post7644481884132567110..comments2024-02-21T08:52:55.878+00:00Comments on Your Freedom and Ours: I wish I could leave the subject aloneHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-16565189232929248572013-09-02T19:18:57.429+01:002013-09-02T19:18:57.429+01:00Actually, as I say in my blog, we have not had a ...Actually, as I say in my blog, we have not had a functioning foreign policy for some time. I don't know where Charles Moore has been. I bet he could not define what it was before that vote any more than anyone else could. And then there is the EU's common foreign and security policy. <br /><br />Obama may or may not care a flip for anything British (incidentally, he was not brought up by his father so I am not sure Britain figured much in his upbringing) but he may well have decided that Cameron's action was a useful one to follow. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799545178433498944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-91489037791080551202013-09-02T15:07:45.649+01:002013-09-02T15:07:45.649+01:00"Yesterday morning, Britain woke up and found..."Yesterday morning, Britain woke up and found it no longer had a functioning foreign policy". We in the US have been laboring under that very same predicament. Seems like it is 1979 all over again for us. Fraser Nelson says Obama's "decision" is a compliment to Cameron? Obama would not, does not, and never will care a flip for anything British. His upbringing took care of that.whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4057487038565855826.post-77815017011771196722013-09-01T11:09:32.427+01:002013-09-01T11:09:32.427+01:00A very nicely written article.
I have a theory on...A very nicely written article.<br /><br />I have a theory on this. I think the Russian Bear has drawn its own 'red lines' and has displayed this by sending extra warships to the region. Perhaps they have let it be known that they will not stand back and let one of their closest allies be treated this way.<br /><br />The West therefore has had to back down. That was never going to be easy as Obama drew his own red lines over chemical weapons. He either had to act or, standby and do nothing therefore appear weak in the eyes of the world. A very bad place for any politician, let a lone a US President to be in - eg Jimmy Carter.<br /><br />Going to their respective legislatures, both Cameron and Obama have found themselves a means to escape their diplomatic blunder with minimum embarrassment. They could say, "We wanted military action but was prevented from doing so, but that is what democracy is all about, isn't it ?"<br /><br />Save a few blushed faces, its a win win.<br /><br />Either way, I think we just stepped back from the abyss of a terrible war that could have easily escalated into a much wider conflict.<br /><br />For me, the long term fall out of this could be visited upon the Saudi's and the Qatari's. Both of whom it is said to have supplied money, men and arms. I think Syria and Assad will want to seek some sought of revenge on them and I fear that we will see far more fun and games from that region than we would otherwise wish.<br /><br />This matter is far from over !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com