all we do is help the US and get fuck all back we don't need them anyway all they have done is dragged us into a war and we have lost over 400 troops over there mess we have to watch on there news nearly everyday another British soldier has been killed and for what?
If I have my way.. the western distribution of power would change dramatically. Russia isn't perfect but what is required above all is a counter to the growing empire of the US.
Barack Obama is hated in Britain. Britain is a nation of conservatives and Barack Obama promotes liberalism. He also supports Islam which is opposed by a large majority of people here. Gordon brown was voted out because he imposed social liberalism on the British public. He has damaged our economy, culture and way of life. If you speak about liberal or left wing politics to any British person expect a very unfriendly reponse, it's almost taboo here now.
Has it ever crossed you're mind that the reason China has not taken over Asia is because they don't want to, these nations who we hear so much about of the crimes they commit are normally the least harmfull. Barack Obama promised us he was against war greedy bankers etc. And look 4 years on, still wars going on gitmo still open and the main allocater to his campaigh was goldman sachs. As for Gordon Brown good at somethings but useless at PR.
The Special relationships Britain have are with Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The USA just makes a hell of a lot more noise than those countries. If the US weren't so bloody paranoid and stopped going to war with everyone the world would be a much better place. The US needs to look at its internal problems as does the UK before trying to save the world. I don't like how they are talking about the Falklands though, if you don't know anything about it keep your nose out of it.
were in 2012 and america still loves us. i have seen videos of american girls saying the british accent is cute and they love britain. lost of americans in london. america forgive us for what we did in the revalotion. But the people in those days are all dead! and if america hated us they would declare war on us. or we would declare war on them.
laugh my ass off! the us has always disrespected the uk, it all stems down to the war of independence. the u.s are the most paranoid nation on this planet. it was less than 80years ago they had army baracks scattered all along the border with canada thinking the uk was gonna invade! the u.s just sits in its own little bubble and has not got a fuckin clue about the outside of amaerica. they cause more shit than anything yet still believe they are fighting for democracy! hypo fuckin critical!!!
I don't think it's a case of us in the UK hating the American people, I just hate the Government that have taken advantage of us for too long. For starters, they think they can use us as their mouthpiece on EU issues and get their own way on extradition laws.
It's a shame that Westminster wants to sever our economic and social links with Europe in order to make us the 51st state.
@hedge1878 Oh no this is definitely the case..Majority of Brits hate America but this feeling is mutual I can assure you. Brits are among the most hated foreigners in America and this is the way it should be.
@duplex2411 so full of hate.. congratulations u've been mugged by the media.. we as a people will need to one day unite and realise we are one species, so stop letting bullshit patriotism blind u, fellow human
I think the term is a way of ensuring that The UK kiss up to The U.S.A re. foreign policy and tag along like a puppy dog. Just as The U.S. special relationship with Israel enables the U.S.A to have a useful friend in The Middle East. They need it. Britain needs to get real and stop thinking it is a powerful nation. Those days are long past
@Nonseonion Not being the worlds leading power doesn't mean you just roll over to other countries above you, throughout history England and Britain as a hole has been strong willed and has never been submissive to any other nation. Britain is still incredibly strong considering its size. We are in a mess right now as is the hole of Europe but it wont be like that forever and Britain will come out as a huge player on the world stage again.
@England4eva89 England isn't a hole. Well some of it is. Britain not being the worlds leading power is feels beholden to The U.S.A. The French and The Germans don't. I don't see how Britain can ever be militarily,politically or economically a major force again. That was The 19th century. What do we make now? What services do we provide. China and India will be the forces of the future. Social and Economic revolution
@RyanBrooksby China and India are where its going to be at economically in the future. The British manufacturing industry is NOTHING compared with what it was FACT. Also you make an assumption that an economic power necessarily has to take over another country I think. But I'm considering what you said
@RyanBrooksby Based on your favourites you have a rather infantile view on nationality. Zulu,Union Jacks,soldiers. You are not very old are you? Do you have an action man too?
@Nonseonion I was referring to England before Britain was formed. Britain is still a major player on the world stage and in Europe (even though they don't like us). Pulling out of the EU would do Britain a hell of a lot of good. People keep talking about trade, Britain wont stop trading with the EU if we pull out. Britain will be great again, just wait and see.
@England4eva89 I'm not surprised they don't like us. Our administration is often so snooty to Europe. I'd prefer we kept links to Europe and stopped kissing up to America. The so called "special relationship" is purely pragmatic and we shouldn't pander to it. I hope you are right
@Nonseonion Britain's main relationships are with the old colonies, blood is thicker than water. Although that is also why we have a "special relationship" with the US... We will always have links with Europe but we have absolutely no reason to stay in the EU. It is costing us £50 million a day just to be in the EU, not to mention the billions its costing us on other things. Plus if the oil in the Falklands is as much as they think we will triple our oil reserves. We are not dependant on the EU.
Typical dumb american fat bitch, British government releasing the Lockerbie bomber, it was the Scottish government what made that decision, do some research first TWAT.
@sexypoetry Do you know that Christianity is correct? The world around us reveals that G-d DOES exist, and the historical evidence reveals that Jesus Christ really did come to this earth and there is overwhelming evidence that Jesus Christ really did physically rise from the dead. Jesus is coming again and the signs of the end times that were foretold in the Bible are coming to pass.
This cocky smug fat bitch reporter needs a smack in the mouth. Britain and America have been allies years before she was around. Obama is a Britain hater, but i'm sure the next president won't be.
I'm British, and consider Americans our closest friends and allies in the world.
@VirtualMark2 The Yanks will NEVER be Britain's closest friends & allies in the world. NEVER. Perhaps you have forgotten the nations that supported us from the first day of WW1 & WW2? Canada, Australia, New Zealand. These nations are intrinsically linked to Britain- they are of our own blood & our finest friends & allies. They gave their all and asked for NOTHING. Blood runs thicker than water- the US doesn't even come close, regardless of what simpering British politicians state.
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Some interesting points. I didn't know about the sound barrier and that they'd ripped us off. The Suez canal incident was unfortunate. But we have fought side by side over many issues, i'd say they're allies. I know about the multiple insults of Obama, will be glad to see the back of him!
@VirtualMark2 Prior to declaring the US as, "our closest friends & allies," consider the following:- 1)Lend Lease Act- US financiers cynically ditated terms which effectively crippled the UK economically for decades-we finalised the debt FOUR years ago. 2) US LIED to the British gov in order to acquire top secret British research into breaking the sound barrier. They promised a US funded joint project, then reneged on their word after the British handed over their research papers.
@VirtualMark2 3) Suez Canal Crisis 1956- The US deliberately & publicly humiliated the UK & France over their intervention in Egypt to protect the Suez Canal. They effectively blackmailed us into an embarassing withdrawal by effectively blackmailing us financially. 4) TSR 2- Cancellation of. The Yanks blackmailed the spineless Labour Wilson gov into cancelling the TSR 2 strike aircraft. Why? It was streets ahead of their F-111, and they wanted to monopolise the export market.
@VirtualMark2 5) Obama has been less than friendly towards the UK. His first act was to insult Britain by sending back the Winston Churchill bronze bust- a gift from Britain to the US. Churchill- half American himself, GREATEST free world war leader in WW2. A calculated insult. 6) The US refuses to show ANY support for Britain in the ongoing dispute with Argentina over the Falkland Islands- yet they are happy to drag us into debacle's like Iraq, and Afganistan. 'Friends?'
on your last point the yanks are also allies with Argentina so they wont help either of us they treat that fight as a neutral war they dont want to get involved because they will definitely lose an ally. They let us dock our war ships there and give us some fuel and ammo they do the same to Argentina.So next time dont splurt ot about things they dont know but yeah they seem happy to bring us into afgan which is dumb.
Without the USA we would not have beaten the Germans in the second world war. Yes, we have a special relationship and we will continue to have that relationship. The UK don't expect the USA to support us over the Falklands but I would point out we named it in 1690, long before the Argentine nation was founded.
@Spatsy123 It is generally accepted that we would have beaten Nazi Germany without the USA; Hitler couldn't defeat the USSR might he try. Though the war would have taken far, far longer.
There is no special relationship. The only presidents that has given us respect have been Reagan and both the Bush's. Couldn't care less about the dvd's that was just thoughtlessness. Churchill's bust - that was an insult. How would the American's like it if we sent a bust of Roosevelt, Eisenhower or JFK's back? As she says its disrespectful. Release the Lockerbie guy? that was about oil deals... Brits died too....how about the US admittting responsibility for piper alpha? Equal offense to me.
@england1413 Reagan didn't back Thatcher outright when it came to the crunch over the Falklands War in '82 as it had alliances with both Argentina and the UK. The UK seemingly forgets that the US is a foreign country that can do and does do what it feels like. It has no deep loyalty to the UK and will forget it at the drop of a hat if it chooses to.
@navillus15 Reagan wanted to back Thatcher, he even was even prepared to offer the UK military support. Congress, and the rest of his administration didn't want to get on the bad side of South American countries, so they settled on muted support, which was more or less neutrality.
It is Americans like you who are in need of an attitude adjustment; the UK never mistakes the US as an extra organ like US does to ALL of its allies. In 1982 Argentina and the UK were also allies, it means nothing.
The 'Special Relationship' has always been the excuse used by successive PM's as to why they are firmly up the President's backside. Obama doesn't feel the need to have a pet poodle, and in that respect is treating Britain with a lot more respect than his predecessors. It's about time our relations were normalised.
@Tanas666 We all do. It's so strained and forced nowadays. They should either give up or change their attitudes. Am I the only one who misses Thatcher and Reagan?
What the fuck? The Lockerbie bomber committed a crime over Lockerbie (Scotland!). It was a massive mistake to release him, but totally mendacious for American's to get up in arms about this
The bit your not getting is that the SCOTTISH devolved goverment released the Lockerbie bomber NOT the British government! And I agree I would have let him rot in hell but your directing your anger at the wrong people!
I don't think Britain ever had a special relationship with America.
Britain was useful to America while they were starting wars in Iraq.
They don't need us right now, so we've dropped off the political radar.
It was always a one sided thing that British leaders kidded themselves that the Americans cared, while the Americans only actually cared when they needed Britain for something.
I think Obama has been unbelievably restrained considering that his grandfather was tortured by the British colonial authorities. He hasn't said a thing about it to anyone. Churchill was the PM who passed the emergency laws authorising internment in Kenya- not wanting to share a room with him seems pretty reasonable to me.
@krevno ,tortured , if he was ,there must of been a reason , bit rich ,concidering the way USA admitted it used water torture ,something weve never done, anyway , obama should be diplomatic enough to keep his personal feelings seperate ,whatever happend , when he said ,he,ll put his boot on the necks of the leadership of british petroleum ,showed how anti british he is,for one it isnt british petroleum anymore and ,it has more american shareholders and american employees than british
@krevno Where is the evidence confirming his grandfather- a Mao Mao TERRORIST, was subjected to torture? How hipocritical, considering the US instigated a programme of torture against suspected Muslim extremists. How about Guantanamo Bay-the systematic abuse & torture or terrorist suspects by the US. Duplicity on a grand scale from the US. Repatriating the Churchill bust has caused considerable resentment in the UK. Next time you want to fight a disasterous war-don't call us.
Americans are so stupid, the lockerbie bomber was freed by the Scottish devolved government, it had nothing to do with the British goverment, it was their decision alone. Barack Obama made pretty clear from day one that his interest in maintaining his friendship with the UK was not on his agenda, Lets hope he doesn't need us in the future, in an uncertain world, a trusted friend by your side is a valuable thing.
"your just 1 out of 192, why do you think your so special?" Well, why do you think YOUR so special? We've been there for you for almost 90 years as your ally. your FRIEND. Friends are special. DUMBASSES!
Yes i agree, Obama i think hurts more US-British relationship than under George W. Bush. At least Bush doesn't insult Britain as far as i know and had a far sense of humor.
The British and American people will always be close. British Citizens and American Citizens will always be close friends, because we are similar people and we compliment each others weaknesses, both as individuals but also in a military or economic way.
But the politicians seem insistent to screw this relationship up. America is a valuable British Ally. Britain is a valuable American Ally. If either country screws this up, both will suffer.
@chrisvblog I've never understood the fact that people are incapable of differentiating a government from the American people, as if I personally made the order to invade Iraq and Afghanstan, yet as an American citizen we receive full blame for the action as our stupid polictians are. I'm not saying all of them think that way, but most of the internets i seen does it that way. I can't understand the anti-americanism in Britain despite the fact most of them enjoyed American culture.
Everyone knows the "special relationship" between the USA and UK is a fake one. The USA regards the France as more of a friend or even Ireland. Theres an old saying here in Ireland about the relationship between Ireland and the USA: "Ireland is closer to Boston than to Berlin" meaning, we have cultural, economic, political, heritage ties closer to the USA than to Berlin, which is far more ccloser in a Geographic sense.
Generally speaking the British people don't really have any real problems with Americans collecively as a nation of people..in some ways they admire them for what they have achieved for themselves in a comparatively short period of time by British standards..we've been around for a very long time! What the British DO have REAL problems with, though, are arrogant American Governments with their highly dubious policies and an American perception that the rest of the world is of little importance.
The US & UK are too financially and socially bonded for the relationship to be over. The FTSE 100 has too much of a presence in the NY stock exchange, meanwhile american companies (e.g. Ford, General Electrics, Vauxhall, Kraft, etc) have a lot of factories and branches in the UK. If David Cameron would stop being such a socialist and put his foot down instead of trying to please everyone, maybe we would be able to sort out our spiraling debt crisis and domestic affairs. e.g. the Falklands issue.
Judging by the comments I have seen on Youtube, between Americans and British, our friendship was over ages ago, that's if it was even there in the beginning. I'm stuck in the middle, being half American and half English, But the abuse and anger we have towards each other is just unbelievable. It opened up my eyes to a whole new world, I was quite surprised. I thought we were friends and liked each other, Apparently I was wrong.
@daroni1000 i wish we could rebecome "special friends" this is one of those times i wish i could suddleny become some sort of big political figure and be like "AW HECK NO" fix up some relationship problems, US and UK are now best friends, resign and continue my life. Just like I would do with North Korea. IF what they want is isolation, i say "GIVE THEM ISOLATION IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO NUKE US"
@daroni1000 We get on just fine and will do for a long time yet. This is just a temporary fall out from Iraq/BP/Obama, and lets face it we have the best internet trolls in the world :) I've just come back from the US and have never been more welcomed in a country before.
@Cat1981 England, I'm glad to hear it. Like I said before I am half American. you don't have to tell me about Americans. Personally I like them, I wasn't talking about the way I feel about them. I was talking about my observations about Americans and the British I have found on here, that's all. if we remain friends that's good, if we don't, its not a big loss. But their President isn't helping matters.
@BasilFawlty4444 errrmm yeh but brits are excluded from the diversity lottery and you either have to be a millionaire (literally) or a student - and u get kicked out anyway even after you graduate...im not saying its any easier for Americans to get to Britain its actually harder but I'm saying UK and USA should be able to mingle more due to our bond
@882here I don't think you can really speak for all us in Britain alot of people I know already knew the US and UK were close allies and surely if what you said was true then that means most of britain does not watch the news which to be honest is wrong.
@LJDee91 obama doesnt thats right, but we have a special relationship for the reason that britain is reliable, america? not so much, the flaklands for example...nothign frm america....
@parasean22 that doesn't mean he can't dislike the British. I have family from Scotland and Australia, does this mean I'm incapable of disliking their countries?
@parasean22 There are more than enough examples of Obama's disdain towards the British, he's hardly subtle about it. Look into his past and you'll see his reasons stem from what happened to his grandfather. He has a jaded, bitter view of the British and you can't really blame him but holding a personal grudge will serve no good in the interest of an entire country.
@LJDee91 he shouldnt show that dislike, who were the first to support america after 9/11 the UK was ,who has 10,000 plus troops in afganistan, and lost near 400 troops in support of america, britiain is loyal in our special relationship,, makes me wonder wether the same loyality is there with the USA ,it cant even support us over the falklands
@RyanBrooksby we dont need help military wise , but america sat on the fence last time before the conflict politically wise , us ,no1 ally and nato ally, argentina,then, a dictatorship killing their own people, ,and the US were treating us equally. again americas slight support of argentinas claim, is giving the argies false hope that everyone sides with them,while very few ,so called allies ,politically havent said anything
@LJDee91 Obama is an obnoxious individual with a huge anti-British chip on his shoulder. It is based on the apparent ill treatment meted out to his Mao-Mao TERRORIST grandfather. The Mao-Mao were nothing more than butchers, and the British put them on their arse in Kenya. Obama has weakened the US-the Chinese must relish him having a second term. He is all about style over substance. WHAT has he actually achieved? ZERO.
America and England will never stop being allies :D so they are paying them two a lot Obama actually talked to the Queen and he invited our PM to the White house
YES! end the delusion special friendship! it has no place it global politics and is completely childish. I don't care if our prime minister gets to sit next to the president at summits, it makes no difference to me.
America's politics are based on Religon (Christian faith) views, this is why England isn't as fucked up as America, and even Americans admit this, as long as your country stays as a non-secular country, it will never be as politically developed as England.
All the hating on Gordon Brown is sickening. He would of been the man to get us out of this reccession and yet they pull him up on some minor issues like the Lockerbie bombing thing. Hes a candid bloke unlike Cameron and his arse wipe Clegg; that was his only major mistake
@munnosable And Brown was never in charge of the economic and financial during the time when Labour were in (remember he was Chancellor of the Exchequer before becoming Prime Minister)? It is because of Brown we are in this mess, fool.
@KazuoKiriyama666 exactly so how is it Brown's fault if he was never in charge of economic affairs? To me that doesnt equate to Brown being responsible for our present economic situation
Did his UK economic policies effect a world wide crash in the markets? No
Would the conservatives have taken a course of action that would have avoided recession in this country in the years leading up to 2007? No (shadow budgets prove this)
You are being fed political bullshit finger pointing from the coalition
Assigning blame even to the detriment of our own economy.
@007hor Why dont you contribute something to the discusssion instead of just scrutinising and berating a minor grammatical error? Plus it technically wasn't even an error and even if it was that doesn't equate to me being illeterate. You sad oleaginous fuck (P.S. You better look that shit up, Mr English)
@munnosable, I don't debate with illiterate Brownites. I mock you.
Yes, if you don't realise that 'would've' is short for 'would have', and not 'would of', then by my standards, you're illiterate, and I certainly won't discuss politics with you.
Your obvious thrill at using a 5-syllabled word coupled with the assumption that I've never heard it before is what is sad.
@007hor I don't debate with pseudo- intellectual, self-righteous pricks. I suspect you have nothing to say on the matter which is why you won't discuss politics with me because you are to stupid to formulate your own opinions, thus instead you hide behind this supercilious guise to try and make people you have a degree of credibility.
@007hor Christ I don't really give a fuck to be honest and you know I'm right on the fucking money. If you're that fucking big and clever why are you picking on a 17 year old kid? Probably because you are a passively aggressive fuck who is frustrated with his deteriorating life and has nout better to do. Oh shit is nout not a real word! Yeah fuck off you trivial arse wipe
As for backstabbing cowards, the British didn't like when Iran, under a democratically elected government moved to nationalize their oil industry to the detriment of British oil companies. So Britain contacted the United States for covert intervention. Do you mean that type of backstabbing coward? The chap who wrote this is telling the truth and is a case in point.
Given what the Brits did too Omaha's Dad it would be hardly surprising to if he was not a little bit negative. However it must be admitted he did show complete insensitivity over the Churchill's bust incident by the same token the way the Lockerbie bomber release was handled by us is now very very suspicious. Btw I see that bastard is still alive?
@davijeph also he cant treat a country badly because they tortured his grandad he is supposed to be unbias. Plus my grandad was shot at by germans and i dont hate them. I thought Obama was better than that. He first came in and britian liked him but know we dnt really care our relationship with america is over we are now closer with India than we are with america
However, the plan was opposed by Japanese Prime Minister, Tojo, as he believed that there were no contingency plans considered for Yamamoto's Invasion Plan. Tojo was concerned that the Japanese merchant fleet was extended to its limit and the Americans could readily divert their B-17 Flying Fortresses to Sydney to destroy the invading forces. Hirohito decided to postpone the Invasion the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway ensured the Invasion Plan for Australia was never revisited.
Once Adelaide had been taken, a second force would land on the south east coast of Australia and drive northwards to Sydney and southwards to Melbourne. Yamamoto's plan appeared to be a diversionary invasion plan rather than a plan to occupy Australia. He wanted to draw large American forces away from launching attacks on the Japanese Island chain far to the north of Australia.General Yamashita agreed with Yamamoto's Invasion Plan and even volunteered to lead the invasion.
In February 1942, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, who had planned the successful attack on Pearl Harbor, proposed an immediate invasion of Australia. He had just implemented his bombing raids on Darwin in the Northern Territory. He pleaded with the Japanese General Staff, to land two Japanese Army Divisions on the northern coastline of Australia which was very poorly defended. They were to follow the north-south railway line to Adelaide, thus dividing Australia into two fronts.
@Brawn601 Mr Clinton did not help, all he did was seal the UK's surrender to the IRA. What countryman?. You again avoid the IRA and Falklands issue. You have no evidence for the Invasion of Australia or for the Taliban's involvement in the London Bombings. You are a wimp who avoids the questions put to you.
@ruthio1 Well I from Britain to and if you have never heard people do that joke, well you have now.If your from Britain use a capital when spelling it be proud of it. Its a great country with plenty to be proud of mind you if your a true Brit you will have to admit some pretty shitty things have been done in our name.
@davijeph lol dnt tell me how to write when u say it be proud of it lol great sentence hahaha. A welsh person would not pick somone from france over another welsh person. Of course there are things we should not be rpoud of but tell me a country that has a perfect history u cant change the world without a few bumps. Alot of countries didnt want democracy and law so we forced it upon them but now there free there still using the systems we put it.
@ruthio1 "A welsh person would not pick someone from France over another welsh person" So if your fellow the Welsh person was wrong and the person from France was someone you judged to be telling the truth you would choose support your fellow Welshman on the "my country right or wrong" principle? Ermm! Like I said Obama was wrong in the bust episode no argument. I hope I'm as patriotic as the next person but if you are going to have a go at another country make sure your facts are right.
@davijeph lol now ur going into right or wrong the argument was pick ur own country over others simple. lol what a really strange way of getting ur argument across. Where has anybody got there facts wrong its all guess work with u lmao
To answer the question, politically yes. But socially and culturally, if I had a penny every time I heard a racist Brit call Americans dumb or stupid I would have enough money to stop global warming.
The most important NATO contributions were intelligence information and the rescheduled supply of the latest model of Sidewinder Lima all-aspect infra-red seeking missiles, which allowed existing British stocks to be employed. Margaret Thatcher stated that "without the Harrier jets and their immense manoeuvrability, equipped as they were with the latest version of the Sidewinder missile, supplied to us by U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, we could never have got back the Falklands"
@Brawn601 Clinton wants Britain to enter negotiations with Argentina to hand over the Falklands. You think the Taliban attacked the UK in the London and you think Japan had plans to invade Australia, that tell me all I need to know about your knowledge of history. You have the mental capacity of a turkey, you avoid all my points and you have no evidence to support your loony claims. You sir are the quack of the history buff world.
@Brawn601 My point exactly. You think that knowing 'America's role in WW2' is more important than knowing about the Viking Invasions of western Europe. It just proves how arrogant the Americans are. Do you really believe you've had a serious impact on the world and it's history? The sheer arrogance is outstanding.
@Brawn601 It does not matter if Japan had a "plan" to invade Australia or not. I doubt if those ANZAK troops who fought in the fever infested swamps of New Guinea or worked/starved to death in a Japanese prison camp on the Burma railway or the people of Darwin bomb by Japanese forces said "Oh, it's OK the Japanese did not "plan" this so send the US forces back home we don't need them". You are dealing with a bunch of dumb nuts leave them alone you will only encourage them. Regards
@Brawn601 When ever you see a youtube subject like it will attract the screwball (what youtube subject does not?) the fact is the US government job just like the job of the UK's or indeed another government is to do what they perceive to be right for the country they govern, Which is why no matter despite many "little Britain" xenophobes no sane British government will ever voluntarily leave the EU. You could remind our chums that Bill Clinton did a lot to bring peace to Northern Ireland.
@nonseonion it works out at roughly 1.5% of our GDP
OtmerAG 16 hours ago
all we do is help the US and get fuck all back we don't need them anyway all they have done is dragged us into a war and we have lost over 400 troops over there mess we have to watch on there news nearly everyday another British soldier has been killed and for what?
Dannyyd14 1 day ago
If I have my way.. the western distribution of power would change dramatically. Russia isn't perfect but what is required above all is a counter to the growing empire of the US.
TheMotherEagle 1 day ago
yes, yes they are.
XxchloejansenxX 1 day ago
Barack Obama is hated in Britain. Britain is a nation of conservatives and Barack Obama promotes liberalism. He also supports Islam which is opposed by a large majority of people here. Gordon brown was voted out because he imposed social liberalism on the British public. He has damaged our economy, culture and way of life. If you speak about liberal or left wing politics to any British person expect a very unfriendly reponse, it's almost taboo here now.
adamstevens1000 2 days ago
@adamstevens1000 citation needed.
protectthehuman 2 days ago
@adamstevens1000 were not a majority of conservatives. so stop lying plz
jimbillinski 1 day ago
Has it ever crossed you're mind that the reason China has not taken over Asia is because they don't want to, these nations who we hear so much about of the crimes they commit are normally the least harmfull. Barack Obama promised us he was against war greedy bankers etc. And look 4 years on, still wars going on gitmo still open and the main allocater to his campaigh was goldman sachs. As for Gordon Brown good at somethings but useless at PR.
fordeboi 2 days ago
the american girl is dumb
coolstorybro767 2 days ago
The Special relationships Britain have are with Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The USA just makes a hell of a lot more noise than those countries. If the US weren't so bloody paranoid and stopped going to war with everyone the world would be a much better place. The US needs to look at its internal problems as does the UK before trying to save the world. I don't like how they are talking about the Falklands though, if you don't know anything about it keep your nose out of it.
England4eva89 2 days ago
@England4eva89 The falklands is ours, it's British oil exploration companies that are doing all the work.
adamstevens1000 2 days ago
were in 2012 and america still loves us. i have seen videos of american girls saying the british accent is cute and they love britain. lost of americans in london. america forgive us for what we did in the revalotion. But the people in those days are all dead! and if america hated us they would declare war on us. or we would declare war on them.
dogsinbad 3 days ago
laugh my ass off! the us has always disrespected the uk, it all stems down to the war of independence. the u.s are the most paranoid nation on this planet. it was less than 80years ago they had army baracks scattered all along the border with canada thinking the uk was gonna invade! the u.s just sits in its own little bubble and has not got a fuckin clue about the outside of amaerica. they cause more shit than anything yet still believe they are fighting for democracy! hypo fuckin critical!!!
07979097201 3 days ago
I don't think it's a case of us in the UK hating the American people, I just hate the Government that have taken advantage of us for too long. For starters, they think they can use us as their mouthpiece on EU issues and get their own way on extradition laws.
It's a shame that Westminster wants to sever our economic and social links with Europe in order to make us the 51st state.
hedge1878 4 days ago
@hedge1878 Oh no this is definitely the case..Majority of Brits hate America but this feeling is mutual I can assure you. Brits are among the most hated foreigners in America and this is the way it should be.
duplex2411 1 day ago
@duplex2411 so full of hate.. congratulations u've been mugged by the media.. we as a people will need to one day unite and realise we are one species, so stop letting bullshit patriotism blind u, fellow human
jimbillinski 1 day ago
I think the term is a way of ensuring that The UK kiss up to The U.S.A re. foreign policy and tag along like a puppy dog. Just as The U.S. special relationship with Israel enables the U.S.A to have a useful friend in The Middle East. They need it. Britain needs to get real and stop thinking it is a powerful nation. Those days are long past
Nonseonion 5 days ago
@Nonseonion Not being the worlds leading power doesn't mean you just roll over to other countries above you, throughout history England and Britain as a hole has been strong willed and has never been submissive to any other nation. Britain is still incredibly strong considering its size. We are in a mess right now as is the hole of Europe but it wont be like that forever and Britain will come out as a huge player on the world stage again.
England4eva89 2 days ago
@England4eva89 England isn't a hole. Well some of it is. Britain not being the worlds leading power is feels beholden to The U.S.A. The French and The Germans don't. I don't see how Britain can ever be militarily,politically or economically a major force again. That was The 19th century. What do we make now? What services do we provide. China and India will be the forces of the future. Social and Economic revolution
Nonseonion 2 days ago
@Nonseonion
Nonsense, do you even know where most of Chinese engineering comes from? Europe.
China creates millions of jobs short-term, to combat long-term unemployment. Who else did this? WEIMAR GERMANY. and look how they ended up.
Europe (or Anglo-Frank-German alliance?) can dominate anyone because all trading comes from Europe.
China is just using propaganda trying to make you think they're powerful.
If they are, why haven't they taken over Asia?
RyanBrooksby 2 days ago
@RyanBrooksby China and India are where its going to be at economically in the future. The British manufacturing industry is NOTHING compared with what it was FACT. Also you make an assumption that an economic power necessarily has to take over another country I think. But I'm considering what you said
Nonseonion 2 days ago
@RyanBrooksby Based on your favourites you have a rather infantile view on nationality. Zulu,Union Jacks,soldiers. You are not very old are you? Do you have an action man too?
Nonseonion 2 days ago
@Nonseonion
Fuck off, don't be so fucking childish.
My favorites? Those are just videos I watched. Yeah, I saw Zulu and I wanted to learn more about it.
Now go back to China, stop fucking looking at my profile like a stalker.
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Nonseonion 2 days ago
@Nonseonion I was referring to England before Britain was formed. Britain is still a major player on the world stage and in Europe (even though they don't like us). Pulling out of the EU would do Britain a hell of a lot of good. People keep talking about trade, Britain wont stop trading with the EU if we pull out. Britain will be great again, just wait and see.
England4eva89 1 day ago
@England4eva89 I'm not surprised they don't like us. Our administration is often so snooty to Europe. I'd prefer we kept links to Europe and stopped kissing up to America. The so called "special relationship" is purely pragmatic and we shouldn't pander to it. I hope you are right
Nonseonion 1 day ago
@Nonseonion Britain's main relationships are with the old colonies, blood is thicker than water. Although that is also why we have a "special relationship" with the US... We will always have links with Europe but we have absolutely no reason to stay in the EU. It is costing us £50 million a day just to be in the EU, not to mention the billions its costing us on other things. Plus if the oil in the Falklands is as much as they think we will triple our oil reserves. We are not dependant on the EU.
England4eva89 21 hours ago
@England4eva89 I'm no economist. Is £50 million pounds a day a lot for a Nation? I have no frame of reference.
Nonseonion 19 hours ago
Russian news... what do you expect?
TyranidsBJ 5 days ago
Typical dumb american fat bitch, British government releasing the Lockerbie bomber, it was the Scottish government what made that decision, do some research first TWAT.
chezvegas87 6 days ago
i seek pole shift survival gorup
sexypoetry 6 days ago
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marionetemanJ 6 days ago
This cocky smug fat bitch reporter needs a smack in the mouth. Britain and America have been allies years before she was around. Obama is a Britain hater, but i'm sure the next president won't be.
I'm British, and consider Americans our closest friends and allies in the world.
VirtualMark2 6 days ago
@VirtualMark2 The Yanks will NEVER be Britain's closest friends & allies in the world. NEVER. Perhaps you have forgotten the nations that supported us from the first day of WW1 & WW2? Canada, Australia, New Zealand. These nations are intrinsically linked to Britain- they are of our own blood & our finest friends & allies. They gave their all and asked for NOTHING. Blood runs thicker than water- the US doesn't even come close, regardless of what simpering British politicians state.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 days ago
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH Some interesting points. I didn't know about the sound barrier and that they'd ripped us off. The Suez canal incident was unfortunate. But we have fought side by side over many issues, i'd say they're allies. I know about the multiple insults of Obama, will be glad to see the back of him!
VirtualMark2 4 days ago
@VirtualMark2 Prior to declaring the US as, "our closest friends & allies," consider the following:- 1)Lend Lease Act- US financiers cynically ditated terms which effectively crippled the UK economically for decades-we finalised the debt FOUR years ago. 2) US LIED to the British gov in order to acquire top secret British research into breaking the sound barrier. They promised a US funded joint project, then reneged on their word after the British handed over their research papers.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 days ago
@VirtualMark2 3) Suez Canal Crisis 1956- The US deliberately & publicly humiliated the UK & France over their intervention in Egypt to protect the Suez Canal. They effectively blackmailed us into an embarassing withdrawal by effectively blackmailing us financially. 4) TSR 2- Cancellation of. The Yanks blackmailed the spineless Labour Wilson gov into cancelling the TSR 2 strike aircraft. Why? It was streets ahead of their F-111, and they wanted to monopolise the export market.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 days ago
@VirtualMark2 5) Obama has been less than friendly towards the UK. His first act was to insult Britain by sending back the Winston Churchill bronze bust- a gift from Britain to the US. Churchill- half American himself, GREATEST free world war leader in WW2. A calculated insult. 6) The US refuses to show ANY support for Britain in the ongoing dispute with Argentina over the Falkland Islands- yet they are happy to drag us into debacle's like Iraq, and Afganistan. 'Friends?'
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 4 days ago
@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH
on your last point the yanks are also allies with Argentina so they wont help either of us they treat that fight as a neutral war they dont want to get involved because they will definitely lose an ally. They let us dock our war ships there and give us some fuel and ammo they do the same to Argentina.So next time dont splurt ot about things they dont know but yeah they seem happy to bring us into afgan which is dumb.
thespireking66 2 days ago
Without the USA we would not have beaten the Germans in the second world war. Yes, we have a special relationship and we will continue to have that relationship. The UK don't expect the USA to support us over the Falklands but I would point out we named it in 1690, long before the Argentine nation was founded.
Spatsy123 6 days ago
@Spatsy123 It is generally accepted that we would have beaten Nazi Germany without the USA; Hitler couldn't defeat the USSR might he try. Though the war would have taken far, far longer.
alexsau91 6 days ago
There is no special relationship. The only presidents that has given us respect have been Reagan and both the Bush's. Couldn't care less about the dvd's that was just thoughtlessness. Churchill's bust - that was an insult. How would the American's like it if we sent a bust of Roosevelt, Eisenhower or JFK's back? As she says its disrespectful. Release the Lockerbie guy? that was about oil deals... Brits died too....how about the US admittting responsibility for piper alpha? Equal offense to me.
england1413 1 week ago
@england1413 Reagan didn't back Thatcher outright when it came to the crunch over the Falklands War in '82 as it had alliances with both Argentina and the UK. The UK seemingly forgets that the US is a foreign country that can do and does do what it feels like. It has no deep loyalty to the UK and will forget it at the drop of a hat if it chooses to.
navillus15 6 days ago
@navillus15 Reagan wanted to back Thatcher, he even was even prepared to offer the UK military support. Congress, and the rest of his administration didn't want to get on the bad side of South American countries, so they settled on muted support, which was more or less neutrality.
It is Americans like you who are in need of an attitude adjustment; the UK never mistakes the US as an extra organ like US does to ALL of its allies. In 1982 Argentina and the UK were also allies, it means nothing.
alexsau91 6 days ago
The 'Special Relationship' has always been the excuse used by successive PM's as to why they are firmly up the President's backside. Obama doesn't feel the need to have a pet poodle, and in that respect is treating Britain with a lot more respect than his predecessors. It's about time our relations were normalised.
lozman67 1 week ago
the interviewer is an idiot.
englandfootball8 1 week ago
It was never a special relationship for the UK it was a suicide pact even being involved in Americas galavanting across the middle east.
SprattMatthew 1 week ago 2
Whenever I hear those words "special relationship" it makes me cringe.
Tanas666 1 week ago 15
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@Tanas666 We all do. It's so strained and forced nowadays. They should either give up or change their attitudes. Am I the only one who misses Thatcher and Reagan?
TheWitchdoctr 14 hours ago
I miss bush.
SILVERCLOUD141 1 week ago
Who gives a crap. A Britain independent of the USA would be a damn good thing.
david78937 1 week ago 3
Fuck sake, this is the problem with newscasters, they always feel the need to cast their uneducated and ill informed views
7994Tom 1 week ago
What the fuck? The Lockerbie bomber committed a crime over Lockerbie (Scotland!). It was a massive mistake to release him, but totally mendacious for American's to get up in arms about this
disamjisa 1 week ago
@disamjisa
The bit your not getting is that the SCOTTISH devolved goverment released the Lockerbie bomber NOT the British government! And I agree I would have let him rot in hell but your directing your anger at the wrong people!
vincaful 1 week ago 2
I don't think Britain ever had a special relationship with America.
Britain was useful to America while they were starting wars in Iraq.
They don't need us right now, so we've dropped off the political radar.
It was always a one sided thing that British leaders kidded themselves that the Americans cared, while the Americans only actually cared when they needed Britain for something.
funkydanieluk 1 week ago
I think Obama has been unbelievably restrained considering that his grandfather was tortured by the British colonial authorities. He hasn't said a thing about it to anyone. Churchill was the PM who passed the emergency laws authorising internment in Kenya- not wanting to share a room with him seems pretty reasonable to me.
krevno 1 week ago
@krevno ,tortured , if he was ,there must of been a reason , bit rich ,concidering the way USA admitted it used water torture ,something weve never done, anyway , obama should be diplomatic enough to keep his personal feelings seperate ,whatever happend , when he said ,he,ll put his boot on the necks of the leadership of british petroleum ,showed how anti british he is,for one it isnt british petroleum anymore and ,it has more american shareholders and american employees than british
IsleOfAlbion 1 week ago
@krevno Where is the evidence confirming his grandfather- a Mao Mao TERRORIST, was subjected to torture? How hipocritical, considering the US instigated a programme of torture against suspected Muslim extremists. How about Guantanamo Bay-the systematic abuse & torture or terrorist suspects by the US. Duplicity on a grand scale from the US. Repatriating the Churchill bust has caused considerable resentment in the UK. Next time you want to fight a disasterous war-don't call us.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 1 week ago
Americans are so stupid, the lockerbie bomber was freed by the Scottish devolved government, it had nothing to do with the British goverment, it was their decision alone. Barack Obama made pretty clear from day one that his interest in maintaining his friendship with the UK was not on his agenda, Lets hope he doesn't need us in the future, in an uncertain world, a trusted friend by your side is a valuable thing.
vincaful 1 week ago
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bom8er1 1 week ago
"your just 1 out of 192, why do you think your so special?" Well, why do you think YOUR so special? We've been there for you for almost 90 years as your ally. your FRIEND. Friends are special. DUMBASSES!
Im not Anti -USA, but dont insult us America.
Brikmaker567 1 week ago
Yes i agree, Obama i think hurts more US-British relationship than under George W. Bush. At least Bush doesn't insult Britain as far as i know and had a far sense of humor.
Hperman09 1 week ago
The British and American people will always be close. British Citizens and American Citizens will always be close friends, because we are similar people and we compliment each others weaknesses, both as individuals but also in a military or economic way.
But the politicians seem insistent to screw this relationship up. America is a valuable British Ally. Britain is a valuable American Ally. If either country screws this up, both will suffer.
chrisvblog 1 week ago
@chrisvblog I've never understood the fact that people are incapable of differentiating a government from the American people, as if I personally made the order to invade Iraq and Afghanstan, yet as an American citizen we receive full blame for the action as our stupid polictians are. I'm not saying all of them think that way, but most of the internets i seen does it that way. I can't understand the anti-americanism in Britain despite the fact most of them enjoyed American culture.
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chrisvblog 1 week ago
@chrisvblog
British subjects, just correcting you.
vincaful 1 week ago
@vincaful No we're not. Not since 1983.
protectthehuman 2 days ago
Fucking hell, politics...
BradTheMineCraftGuy 1 week ago
Everyone knows the "special relationship" between the USA and UK is a fake one. The USA regards the France as more of a friend or even Ireland. Theres an old saying here in Ireland about the relationship between Ireland and the USA: "Ireland is closer to Boston than to Berlin" meaning, we have cultural, economic, political, heritage ties closer to the USA than to Berlin, which is far more ccloser in a Geographic sense.
CrazyIrishDrunk1 1 week ago
That's the most bizarre pronunciation of the world "cumulative" I have ever heard.
weejockpoopongmcplop 1 week ago
Special relationship is long over. It was over the moment people realised it was only one-way.
ShipersUK 1 week ago
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@ShipersUK no, it was over when Obame became president
dmb1892 1 week ago
obama is a twit get ride of him he doesnt know who is friends are what a fucking chump.
ledzzappa 1 week ago
Obama is a prick and i don't like him.
Americans are good people they are our cousins end of.
Allen West for President !!!!!!!!!
69trinovante 2 weeks ago
Obama = Moron. He is destroying the US and her people still love him Wake up America!
He is bankrupting your homeland, kick the idiot out!
harperonline 2 weeks ago
fudge America !
3harrygleadell 2 weeks ago
Generally speaking the British people don't really have any real problems with Americans collecively as a nation of people..in some ways they admire them for what they have achieved for themselves in a comparatively short period of time by British standards..we've been around for a very long time! What the British DO have REAL problems with, though, are arrogant American Governments with their highly dubious policies and an American perception that the rest of the world is of little importance.
Verderer 2 weeks ago 26
@Verderer Well said
pidgeblev 2 weeks ago
The US & UK are too financially and socially bonded for the relationship to be over. The FTSE 100 has too much of a presence in the NY stock exchange, meanwhile american companies (e.g. Ford, General Electrics, Vauxhall, Kraft, etc) have a lot of factories and branches in the UK. If David Cameron would stop being such a socialist and put his foot down instead of trying to please everyone, maybe we would be able to sort out our spiraling debt crisis and domestic affairs. e.g. the Falklands issue.
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daroni1000 2 weeks ago
Judging by the comments I have seen on Youtube, between Americans and British, our friendship was over ages ago, that's if it was even there in the beginning. I'm stuck in the middle, being half American and half English, But the abuse and anger we have towards each other is just unbelievable. It opened up my eyes to a whole new world, I was quite surprised. I thought we were friends and liked each other, Apparently I was wrong.
daroni1000 2 weeks ago
@daroni1000 i wish we could rebecome "special friends" this is one of those times i wish i could suddleny become some sort of big political figure and be like "AW HECK NO" fix up some relationship problems, US and UK are now best friends, resign and continue my life. Just like I would do with North Korea. IF what they want is isolation, i say "GIVE THEM ISOLATION IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO NUKE US"
guywith3 2 weeks ago
@daroni1000 We get on just fine and will do for a long time yet. This is just a temporary fall out from Iraq/BP/Obama, and lets face it we have the best internet trolls in the world :) I've just come back from the US and have never been more welcomed in a country before.
Cat1981England 2 weeks ago
@Cat1981 England, I'm glad to hear it. Like I said before I am half American. you don't have to tell me about Americans. Personally I like them, I wasn't talking about the way I feel about them. I was talking about my observations about Americans and the British I have found on here, that's all. if we remain friends that's good, if we don't, its not a big loss. But their President isn't helping matters.
daroni1000 2 weeks ago
Special relationship?
Try emigrating either way - impossible.
jamplucker 2 weeks ago
@jamplucker Never heard of a Green Card?
BasilFawlty4444 2 weeks ago
@BasilFawlty4444 errrmm yeh but brits are excluded from the diversity lottery and you either have to be a millionaire (literally) or a student - and u get kicked out anyway even after you graduate...im not saying its any easier for Americans to get to Britain its actually harder but I'm saying UK and USA should be able to mingle more due to our bond
jamplucker 1 week ago
Fuck this shit. Im going to go watch porn, this is RIDICULUS!!!
birminghambred 2 weeks ago 2
@882here I don't think you can really speak for all us in Britain alot of people I know already knew the US and UK were close allies and surely if what you said was true then that means most of britain does not watch the news which to be honest is wrong.
danuk500 2 weeks ago
American slut.
Mr94T 3 weeks ago
The British government didnt release the Lockerbie bomber, it was the Scottish government. Retards!
nrjelley 3 weeks ago 5
it doesn't matter, all this stuff is petty....we are financially intertwined, thats why the U.K. doesn't join the U.N.
alhazed 3 weeks ago
@alhazed You meen the Euro Zone, ie those that use the €. The UK is in the EU and the UN.
itsinmynamechap 3 weeks ago
@itsinmynamechap yup, that was my meaning! :)
alhazed 3 weeks ago
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It was the Scottish Government that released the lockerbie bomber, not the British Government!
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Lamondism 3 weeks ago
Obama doesn't like the British at all it's obvious. Fuck him, I like Americans but he can go fuck himself.
LJDee91 3 weeks ago 49
@LJDee91 He's a gangster in a suit pretty much.
danuk500 2 weeks ago
@LJDee91 obama doesnt thats right, but we have a special relationship for the reason that britain is reliable, america? not so much, the flaklands for example...nothign frm america....
numba1danman 1 week ago
@LJDee91 You do realise he has family that are from the UK ..
parasean22 1 week ago
@parasean22 that doesn't mean he can't dislike the British. I have family from Scotland and Australia, does this mean I'm incapable of disliking their countries?
LJDee91 1 week ago
@LJDee91 If it means your representing millions of people as a nation then yes it does.
parasean22 1 week ago
@parasean22 There are more than enough examples of Obama's disdain towards the British, he's hardly subtle about it. Look into his past and you'll see his reasons stem from what happened to his grandfather. He has a jaded, bitter view of the British and you can't really blame him but holding a personal grudge will serve no good in the interest of an entire country.
LJDee91 1 week ago
@LJDee91 he shouldnt show that dislike, who were the first to support america after 9/11 the UK was ,who has 10,000 plus troops in afganistan, and lost near 400 troops in support of america, britiain is loyal in our special relationship,, makes me wonder wether the same loyality is there with the USA ,it cant even support us over the falklands
IsleOfAlbion 1 week ago 21
@IsleOfAlbion I totally agree with you, they need to fix up before they lose their best ally.
LJDee91 1 week ago
@IsleOfAlbion
Like we need help.
What's Argentina gonna send, some Soviet subs? OOH, MAYBE SOME CONSCRIPTS WITH AK-47'S?
Argentina's military is as powerful as Iraq's.
Not at all powerful.
RyanBrooksby 2 days ago
@RyanBrooksby we dont need help military wise , but america sat on the fence last time before the conflict politically wise , us ,no1 ally and nato ally, argentina,then, a dictatorship killing their own people, ,and the US were treating us equally. again americas slight support of argentinas claim, is giving the argies false hope that everyone sides with them,while very few ,so called allies ,politically havent said anything
IsleOfAlbion 1 day ago
@IsleOfAlbion thats because americans are selfish asses they have to be the center of everything
the2assasins1 1 day ago
@parasean22
Yes, his father was a cook for the British Army, no doubt that's where the disdain has been inherited.
vincaful 1 week ago
@LJDee91 Obama is an obnoxious individual with a huge anti-British chip on his shoulder. It is based on the apparent ill treatment meted out to his Mao-Mao TERRORIST grandfather. The Mao-Mao were nothing more than butchers, and the British put them on their arse in Kenya. Obama has weakened the US-the Chinese must relish him having a second term. He is all about style over substance. WHAT has he actually achieved? ZERO.
LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH 1 week ago
@LJDee91 I dont think Obama (Osama 2) is American anyway
HotElectonePlayer 6 days ago
why does she sound like some one out of fallout 3?
minicross11 3 weeks ago
America and England will never stop being allies :D so they are paying them two a lot Obama actually talked to the Queen and he invited our PM to the White house
shadowmaster1995 3 weeks ago
Who the fuck is this bitch? Who's paying her to bad mouth the UK and it had better be a lot
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whozafeard 3 weeks ago
Obama was only elected because he's black, nothing to do with his political or leadership skills.
MrDickWarrior 3 weeks ago
@MrDickWarrior Rubbish.
Dendiol 3 weeks ago
YES! end the delusion special friendship! it has no place it global politics and is completely childish. I don't care if our prime minister gets to sit next to the president at summits, it makes no difference to me.
Nicholasclark1993 3 weeks ago
Well, as long as britain keeps getting dragged into american wars, there will always be a 'special releationship'
mr9396 3 weeks ago 43
@mr9396 Britain dragging the US into war, you on crack?
whitzip001 1 week ago
@whitzip001. Am I on Crack? No I'm not. Are you on Crack for reading my simple sentance wrong?
mr9396 1 week ago
They are both morons
kcirtapuk 4 weeks ago
America's politics are based on Religon (Christian faith) views, this is why England isn't as fucked up as America, and even Americans admit this, as long as your country stays as a non-secular country, it will never be as politically developed as England.
hangman994Videos 4 weeks ago
All the hating on Gordon Brown is sickening. He would of been the man to get us out of this reccession and yet they pull him up on some minor issues like the Lockerbie bombing thing. Hes a candid bloke unlike Cameron and his arse wipe Clegg; that was his only major mistake
munnosable 1 month ago
@munnosable And Brown was never in charge of the economic and financial during the time when Labour were in (remember he was Chancellor of the Exchequer before becoming Prime Minister)? It is because of Brown we are in this mess, fool.
KazuoKiriyama666 1 month ago
@KazuoKiriyama666 exactly so how is it Brown's fault if he was never in charge of economic affairs? To me that doesnt equate to Brown being responsible for our present economic situation
munnosable 1 month ago
@KazuoKiriyama666 Brown
Was he in charge the worlds economy? No
Did his UK economic policies effect a world wide crash in the markets? No
Would the conservatives have taken a course of action that would have avoided recession in this country in the years leading up to 2007? No (shadow budgets prove this)
You are being fed political bullshit finger pointing from the coalition
Assigning blame even to the detriment of our own economy.
Playing political games over our best interests.
macd007 4 weeks ago
@macd007 too true bud
munnosable 4 weeks ago
@munnosable, its "would have" not "would of".
007hor 1 month ago
@007hor no one likes a grammar nazi, prick.
munnosable 1 month ago
@munnosable, you illiterate cunt. I'm supposed to take your opinion on politics seriously when you cleary lack a basic grasp of English?
007hor 4 weeks ago
@007hor Why dont you contribute something to the discusssion instead of just scrutinising and berating a minor grammatical error? Plus it technically wasn't even an error and even if it was that doesn't equate to me being illeterate. You sad oleaginous fuck (P.S. You better look that shit up, Mr English)
munnosable 4 weeks ago
@munnosable, I don't debate with illiterate Brownites. I mock you.
Yes, if you don't realise that 'would've' is short for 'would have', and not 'would of', then by my standards, you're illiterate, and I certainly won't discuss politics with you.
Your obvious thrill at using a 5-syllabled word coupled with the assumption that I've never heard it before is what is sad.
I bet you read The Sun.
007hor 4 weeks ago
@007hor I don't debate with pseudo- intellectual, self-righteous pricks. I suspect you have nothing to say on the matter which is why you won't discuss politics with me because you are to stupid to formulate your own opinions, thus instead you hide behind this supercilious guise to try and make people you have a degree of credibility.
munnosable 4 weeks ago
@munnosable, couple of things; its "TOO stupid", and you missed a word out somewhere, can you spot it?...Think.
Discussing politics on Youtube is pointless, especially when someone is championing a buffoon.
You want to discuss a serious matter on the internet? Find a suitable forum, and work on your English.
I don't need to hide behind anything, what a stupid and desperate thing to say.
007hor 4 weeks ago
@007hor Christ I don't really give a fuck to be honest and you know I'm right on the fucking money. If you're that fucking big and clever why are you picking on a 17 year old kid? Probably because you are a passively aggressive fuck who is frustrated with his deteriorating life and has nout better to do. Oh shit is nout not a real word! Yeah fuck off you trivial arse wipe
munnosable 4 weeks ago
@munnosable, I'm not picking on a 17 year old kid, I'm correcting the grammar of a Youtube user called "munnosable".
I'd spell it "nowt", and I use it regularly in speak, as I'm northern.
Come on man, its just a bit of banter.
007hor 4 weeks ago
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As for backstabbing cowards, the British didn't like when Iran, under a democratically elected government moved to nationalize their oil industry to the detriment of British oil companies. So Britain contacted the United States for covert intervention. Do you mean that type of backstabbing coward? The chap who wrote this is telling the truth and is a case in point.
davijeph 1 month ago
Given what the Brits did too Omaha's Dad it would be hardly surprising to if he was not a little bit negative. However it must be admitted he did show complete insensitivity over the Churchill's bust incident by the same token the way the Lockerbie bomber release was handled by us is now very very suspicious. Btw I see that bastard is still alive?
davijeph 1 month ago
@davijeph also he cant treat a country badly because they tortured his grandad he is supposed to be unbias. Plus my grandad was shot at by germans and i dont hate them. I thought Obama was better than that. He first came in and britian liked him but know we dnt really care our relationship with america is over we are now closer with India than we are with america
ruthio1 1 month ago
If the we surrendered to the IRA then why is Northern Ireland still an integral part of the UK?
davijeph 1 month ago
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davijeph 1 month ago
Once Adelaide had been taken, a second force would land on the south east coast of Australia and drive northwards to Sydney and southwards to Melbourne. Yamamoto's plan appeared to be a diversionary invasion plan rather than a plan to occupy Australia. He wanted to draw large American forces away from launching attacks on the Japanese Island chain far to the north of Australia.General Yamashita agreed with Yamamoto's Invasion Plan and even volunteered to lead the invasion.
davijeph 1 month ago
In February 1942, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto, who had planned the successful attack on Pearl Harbor, proposed an immediate invasion of Australia. He had just implemented his bombing raids on Darwin in the Northern Territory. He pleaded with the Japanese General Staff, to land two Japanese Army Divisions on the northern coastline of Australia which was very poorly defended. They were to follow the north-south railway line to Adelaide, thus dividing Australia into two fronts.
davijeph 1 month ago
yanks cant win shit without us
broadband01 1 month ago
@Brawn601 Mr Clinton did not help, all he did was seal the UK's surrender to the IRA. What countryman?. You again avoid the IRA and Falklands issue. You have no evidence for the Invasion of Australia or for the Taliban's involvement in the London Bombings. You are a wimp who avoids the questions put to you.
MrGilles1990 1 month ago
oh yeh british keep suckingup to americans hahaha
mohamadislam77yaho 1 month ago
Common saying in Britland "The only thing a Brit hates more than a bloody foreigner is another bloody Brit"
davijeph 1 month ago
@davijeph lol its not a common saying uve made that up im from britain and ive never heard it lol so shhhhhhhhhh
ruthio1 1 month ago
@ruthio1 Well I from Britain to and if you have never heard people do that joke, well you have now.If your from Britain use a capital when spelling it be proud of it. Its a great country with plenty to be proud of mind you if your a true Brit you will have to admit some pretty shitty things have been done in our name.
davijeph 1 month ago
@davijeph lol dnt tell me how to write when u say it be proud of it lol great sentence hahaha. A welsh person would not pick somone from france over another welsh person. Of course there are things we should not be rpoud of but tell me a country that has a perfect history u cant change the world without a few bumps. Alot of countries didnt want democracy and law so we forced it upon them but now there free there still using the systems we put it.
ruthio1 1 month ago
@ruthio1 "A welsh person would not pick someone from France over another welsh person" So if your fellow the Welsh person was wrong and the person from France was someone you judged to be telling the truth you would choose support your fellow Welshman on the "my country right or wrong" principle? Ermm! Like I said Obama was wrong in the bust episode no argument. I hope I'm as patriotic as the next person but if you are going to have a go at another country make sure your facts are right.
davijeph 1 month ago
@davijeph lol now ur going into right or wrong the argument was pick ur own country over others simple. lol what a really strange way of getting ur argument across. Where has anybody got there facts wrong its all guess work with u lmao
ruthio1 1 month ago
To answer the question, politically yes. But socially and culturally, if I had a penny every time I heard a racist Brit call Americans dumb or stupid I would have enough money to stop global warming.
tubehows4life 1 month ago
@tubehows4life racist brits lol because we think ameicans are stupid lol dont think so mate
ruthio1 1 month ago
The most important NATO contributions were intelligence information and the rescheduled supply of the latest model of Sidewinder Lima all-aspect infra-red seeking missiles, which allowed existing British stocks to be employed. Margaret Thatcher stated that "without the Harrier jets and their immense manoeuvrability, equipped as they were with the latest version of the Sidewinder missile, supplied to us by U.S. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, we could never have got back the Falklands"
davijeph 1 month ago
@Brawn601 Clinton wants Britain to enter negotiations with Argentina to hand over the Falklands. You think the Taliban attacked the UK in the London and you think Japan had plans to invade Australia, that tell me all I need to know about your knowledge of history. You have the mental capacity of a turkey, you avoid all my points and you have no evidence to support your loony claims. You sir are the quack of the history buff world.
MrGilles1990 1 month ago
@MrGilles1990 lmao i would bother mate he thought britians top name last year was mohammad because the mail said so hahahaha
ruthio1 1 month ago
@Brawn601 My point exactly. You think that knowing 'America's role in WW2' is more important than knowing about the Viking Invasions of western Europe. It just proves how arrogant the Americans are. Do you really believe you've had a serious impact on the world and it's history? The sheer arrogance is outstanding.
TheLiberalKnight 1 month ago
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@Brawn601 It does not matter if Japan had a "plan" to invade Australia or not. I doubt if those ANZAK troops who fought in the fever infested swamps of New Guinea or worked/starved to death in a Japanese prison camp on the Burma railway or the people of Darwin bomb by Japanese forces said "Oh, it's OK the Japanese did not "plan" this so send the US forces back home we don't need them". You are dealing with a bunch of dumb nuts leave them alone you will only encourage them. Regards
davijeph 1 month ago
@Brawn601 When ever you see a youtube subject like it will attract the screwball (what youtube subject does not?) the fact is the US government job just like the job of the UK's or indeed another government is to do what they perceive to be right for the country they govern, Which is why no matter despite many "little Britain" xenophobes no sane British government will ever voluntarily leave the EU. You could remind our chums that Bill Clinton did a lot to bring peace to Northern Ireland.
davijeph 1 month ago
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