Sorry for butting it, a fellow outsider as well. XD
Well yeah, unfortunately political journalism is not like academics... if it were, a lot less information would reach us. ^^;; The article is quite brutal, but then the Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper. Over at the Guardian the reactions were "lol Gordon got snubbed" and "well yes, this is what we deserve."
lol. The papers quite hate Gordon and take delight in reporting all these stuff about him being snubbed and what the hell. Jesus Christ people, Obama was BUSY. Brown was being a desperate leech for his own personal and party gains. That does not mean the UK/US relations are bad.
Another thing to consider is that...Obama didn't have other bilateral talks to any other EU nation in the summit as well. And its nearly election time for the UK, and Brown and the Labour party is predicted to lose it, so Brown is a bit desperate to have some of the Obama mania rub of on him to boost his chances of winning. Obama wisely did not play into that act.
And yes, America needs to rebuild itself from the damage the past eight years under Bush did. Which is why Obama is building relations with the rest of the world. He HAS to. He already sees eye-to-eye with Britain in key issues such as sanctions on Iran and the economy and nuclear weapons, so there was really no need for bilateral talks at that time as compared with China, Japan and Russia.
Hetalia-wise, I just don't see England being too upset about that. He's probably embarrassed his PM is so persistent.
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Re: Okay, here we go!
Date: 2009-09-25 04:03 am (UTC)Well yeah, unfortunately political journalism is not like academics... if it were, a lot less information would reach us. ^^;; The article is quite brutal, but then the Telegraph is a right-wing newspaper. Over at the Guardian the reactions were "lol Gordon got snubbed" and "well yes, this is what we deserve."
lol. The papers quite hate Gordon and take delight in reporting all these stuff about him being snubbed and what the hell. Jesus Christ people, Obama was BUSY. Brown was being a desperate leech for his own personal and party gains. That does not mean the UK/US relations are bad.
Another thing to consider is that...Obama didn't have other bilateral talks to any other EU nation in the summit as well. And its nearly election time for the UK, and Brown and the Labour party is predicted to lose it, so Brown is a bit desperate to have some of the Obama mania rub of on him to boost his chances of winning. Obama wisely did not play into that act.
And yes, America needs to rebuild itself from the damage the past eight years under Bush did. Which is why Obama is building relations with the rest of the world. He HAS to. He already sees eye-to-eye with Britain in key issues such as sanctions on Iran and the economy and nuclear weapons, so there was really no need for bilateral talks at that time as compared with China, Japan and Russia.
Hetalia-wise, I just don't see England being too upset about that. He's probably embarrassed his PM is so persistent.