World owes US a debt, says Brown

[BooScout]

Source: BBC

The world owes a debt to the United States for its leadership in the fight against international terrorism, Gordon Brown has said.

The prime minister described the link with the US as the UK's "most important bilateral relationship" ahead of his first talks with President George Bush.

A foreign office minister had suggested the two countries would no longer be "joined at the hip" on foreign policy.

Analysts will be looking for signs of Labour distancing itself from the US.



Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6920877.stm

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Brilliant Gordon! You're just as much a dumbass as Blair.

[mitchum]

1. Another lap dog barks right on cue

"Who's a good Gordy? Who's a good boy? Awww..."

[IndianaGreen]

28. Bush's poodle gave way to Bush's chihuahua

How sad!

[earthside]

35. Perhaps Not ...

Blair would have said that the world owes Bush a debt of gratitude.

Brown said the United States.

I suspect that is a diplomatic difference.

I am still hopeful that one of the messages Brown will deliver to Bush is that the UK will be out of Iraq ahead of schedule. I don't think Brown is going to be a lapdog for Bush, but time will tell.

[dipsydoodle]

2. He's obviously intent

on sinking the Labour Party.

[BooScout]

9. I still can't figure out why......

It hasn't sunk already.........but then again Bush got re-elected so go figure.

I think people just can't bring themselves to vote Tory (can't blame them for that) and the Lib Dems are just wusses who have missed too many chances to advance.

[dipsydoodle]

18. I think you're correct -

I was tempted to say "right" but it seemed absurd...........lol. Yes - people voting Labour because there not much else to vote for. That may however be coming to an end due to Blur's antics - we don't forgive and forget that easily here.

In another post there's mention of Brown's intention tightening up on security too. I think there may be some issues with that here.

[David__77]

29. What about LibDem?

Aren't they really to the left of Labor in just about every area now? I mean, there are plenty of leftist in Labor, but they lack power. I believe Labor can be recaptured, but it will require a herculean effort.

[Fed_Up_Grammy]

3. Naaahhh---it's just "politicalspeak", He's no fool .

[Jackpine Radical]

12. Precisely.

You always speak nicely to the crazy man with the axe while backing away from him as rapidly as possible.

[Cobalt-60]

23. "your'e not a dull boy jack..."

let's have adrink at Lloyd's later, yeah...
(ref; Jack Nicholson: the Shining)

[LeftishBrit]

33. This is what I suspect....

If he does start following King George seriously, he will make himself very unpopular at home, and I think he realizes that.

[Demeter]

4. Not Anymore, It Doesn't

Unless, he means the world should get the cancer that is BushCo out of the body politic...

Otherwise, the debt flows in the other direction, now: economically, morally, in all ways.

[ocd liberal]

5. "no longer joined at the hip"????

classic "breakup" language

[Endangered Specie]

30. eh well you know what they say about ex-sex

[Deja Q]

6. And helping the global economy (offshoring)

On edit: Corrected typo

[Hersheygirl]

7. What Brown says and what he does

just might be two different things. You know the old saying "keep your friends close and your enemies closer."

[Kagemusha]

14. I hear he didn't give the US enough love and it "needed reassurance"

so Brown's been forced to demonstrate that Britain has not forsaken the US because the Bush administration is just that insecure.

What a world.

[Harry Monroe]

8. Must be wearing his heavy duty kneepads

[deminks]

10. Sounds like poodle-talk to me.

All hail the great and glorious Caesar - oops - I mean Chimperor.

[rucky]

17. Now we've trained them to rattle a tin cup. n/t

[thunder rising]

11. Must be 50 ways to leave your lover ...

Really it's not you ... it's me ... I've changed.
I wish you the best ... absolutely ... but it's time we went our separate ways.
Don't feel bad, it's an opportunity for growth ... for both of us.

But the bottom line is ... I'M OUT'A HERE!!!

[aquart]

13. And Britons everywhere beg their doctors for anti-depressants.

What an appalling, awful, untrue thing for him to say. We're endangering everybody by our crap.

[thunder rising]

15. They are out...

"Our approach, the approach David Cameron and I take, is that our relationship with America should be what we call solid but not slavish and it should gain frankness without losing its closeness."

There is no such relationship with BushCo. It's prag or death; nothing in between.

[BooScout]

16. That's a Tory quote not a Gordon Brown Quote....

You should clarify that in your post it does make a difference since it isn't UK Policy.

The quote is from William Haque, Shadow Foreign Secretary.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

19. But I thought China

owns US debt. Oh, that's "owes." How I DO get those pesky words mixed up.

[area51]

41. Damn, you beat me to the joke.

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[MasonJar]

20. The world owes Bush a debt alright and I hope that he and Cheney pay

it in spades at the Hague!!!!!!!!!!!

[conspirator]

21. fuck this fat bastard. Another lapdog, although he tried to look different n/t

[Orsino]

22. Pray more of them don't try to pay us back. n/t

[pink-o]

24. Maybe Brown is afraid the French Poodle Sarkowzy

..might get a leg up on him Re Bush.


PS Pun intended, okay?

[arewenotdemo]

31. lol

[Rosa Luxemburg]

25. Ever heard of being'two-faced?'

Brown has 2 faces one for his Labour voters and one for Bush.

[Cha]

26. Oh FUCK!

Go chew on a doggie bone..you freak. God Damn IT.

Edit~to say..from reading up thread; it seems maybe this is for bushit show..we shall see.

[youngdem]

27. Well, that took ten minutes....G'bye Brown, you fucking loser lapdog

[LeftishBrit]

32. Still hoping this is diplomatic-speak...

and that he will get us out of Iraq and avoid further messes with Mad King George. There are reasons why we got rid of our last Benedict Arnold. We don't need Gordon to be his clone - and actually I still doubt that he will be.

However Sarkozy may yap, I don't think he'll bring France into Bush's wars. If he did, his people would probably revive the guillotine!

[jordi_fanclub]

34. Meanwhile... NGOs report humanitarian crisis in Iraq

LONDON - About 8 million Iraqis — nearly a third of the population — need immediate emergency aid because of the humanitarian crisis caused by the war, relief agencies said Monday.

Those Iraqis are in urgent need of water, sanitation, food and shelter, said the report by Oxfam and the NGO Coordination Committee network in Iraq.

The report said 15 percent of Iraqis cannot regularly afford to eat, and 70 percent are without adequate water supplies, up from 50 percent in 2003. It also said 28 percent of children are malnourished, compared with 19 percent before the 2003 invasion.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_re_mi_ea/britain_oxfam_iraq

[KiraBS]

36. Here are more of his comments...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/30/nbrown330.xml

He seems to be complimenting the US as a whole, not Bush and he is stressing the need for diplomacy and intelligence.

Brown is a very different man to Blair he does not appear to want to be an international megastar, his leadership so far has been quiet and low key. He was the master of diplomacy for all those years as Blair's Chancellor Of The Exchequer, who most recognised he did not like. But he always did things his way and I think this will be the same.

[TheLastMohican]

37. What's the difference?

So what is the difference between "Yo, Blair" and "Yo, Browne"?

[Taverner]

38. Jon Stewart of TDS did an excellent piece on this

I wish I had a graphic

[Megahurtz]

39. Oh Be Serious!

:spray: And the World's definitely laughing at that suggestion!

[Canuckistanian]

40. OK, definitely poodle

I had my doubts at first.

[Divine Discontent]

42. LOL

me too, wow!

Brown you really have showed some awful chutzpa to imply you were not going to be another canine in b*sh's kennel, well, guess what -

WOOF!