Britain expects second Bush administration to listen more to world

[Rose Siding]

LONDON (AFP) - Britain expects that US President George W. Bush (news - web sites), during his second term in office, will take a less unilateral approach on foreign affairs and listen more to other governments, British analysts say.
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Blair prefers to use his special relationship with the United States to contribute to reviving the moribund peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, a goal which unsurprisingly wins broad support.

While solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was "pretty comprehensively ignored by the first Bush administration," there is "more scope" for European-US cooperation in the second term, according to Julie Smith, a specialist in trans-Atlantic relations at Cambridge University.

After Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the burning topics are international trade, Iran's nuclear program, and the sales of weapons to China, according to analysts.
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Smith was also concerned Europe and the United States could pursue different paths on Iran.

"There are people in the Bush administration who think that Iran has to be tackled... one could envisage a US intervention," Smith said, adding there was "no common agenda between the UK and the US."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/afp/20050118/wl_afp/usbushinaugurationbritain

[liberal N proud]

1. LOL: He has a MANDATE, he don't have to listen to nobody n/t

[jayfish]

17. Yup, He's "Earned Capitol" And He "Intends To Spend It".

Dream on my English brothers.

Jay

[darkism]

2. They're in for a surprise, then.

This administration never co-operates with anyone but their own corrupt selves.

[VegasWolf]

3. The UK actually thinks that bush cares about what they think? LOL!

[qanda]

4. Ah, good luck with that one

eom

[placton]

5. Yeah, he'll listen more to the world, all right

he will hear the screams of more dead in the Middle East, the cackling of more fat cat oil men, and ignore them all.

[Benhurst]

6. I'm beginning to think Blair is a dumb-ass, as well as a

butt-kissing stooge. Tony "The Bridge" Blair should take a hike -- right out of Number Ten and over to The Hague, to face war crimes charges.

Oh -- and yes -- Watch out, Tony! There's a body of water that separates Europe from England. Just thought you'd better know before you start your trip.

:spank: corrected a typo, etc.

[Hoping4Change]

7. Isn't this closing the barn door after the cows have left?

Of course it wants to be less unilateral because it wants help cleaning up the disasterous situation in Iraq. But like god ol Colon says they broke it now its theirs to clean up.

[StClone]

8. I thought they were up on things

Chimp got here lying and he didn't do it to leave a legacy of listening and love.

Rove wants Bush to be seen in history as the guy that begat social de-evolution. Pampered rich kids and bullied misfits combine for the revenge on all. They are unaccomplished powernuts that want control to return father-(rich white deviant father)-knows-best-era that never was.

Cancer, pond scum, galactic cat gutters...

[bpilgrim]

9. join the club... so do the dem leaders, but don't be suprised

when history repeats itself :argh:

peace

[barb162]

10. British analysts don't know what they are talking about n/t

[Anarcho-Socialist]

11. Prepare to be disappointed, Britain n/t

[nickinSTL]

12. right

:eyes:

Are they really that stupid?

[Ganja Ninja]

13. I guess the Brits haven't been paying attention.

Just look how Bush decided to reach out to the Democrats after the election. He renominated all the judicial appointees they had previously turned down.

[johnhorne]

14. "Oh no we don't"! n/t

[durablend]

15. Brits think we're (*) gonna reach out...

Better watch out for the reach around instead!

[hatrack]

16. Britain smoking big spliffs of really primo stuff

Yeah, with solid ranks of yes-men (and women) closing around Bush, he's really going to be listening more this time around. :eyes:

[genieroze]

18. * listen? to anyone but the twisted voices in his head? BawHahah.eom

[ogradda]

19. ah what fools these british be.

* listen to anybody....that is funny.

[tom_paine]

20. Brits as foolish as they were in 1938 Munich Conference

Yep, sure the dictator MUST listent o the world now.

Surely he must.

Really, please...?

:puke:

History so repeats itself.

The fools, doing the same thing their great-grandfathers did at Munich.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. Abused wife expects husband to soften up

If only she's good enough for him.

[Spazito]

22. ROFLMAO! Britain expects??? And bush listens to what Britain expects?

Obviously Blair missed Condi's (mis)testimony yesterday and today! The policy is clear! Screw the world, torture rules and so do we!

[Calvinist Basset]

23. take a less unilateral approach on foreign affairs?

:wtf:

If he didn't act sensibly during a term when the legitimacy of his presidency was in question, why the hell should he do so now that he has that so-called mandate?

[TyeDye75]

24. These so called experts

obviously know jack shit

I nor anyone I know has ever thought that Bush would be more co-operative.

[struggle4progress]

38. They must be sipping heavily in the pub at lunchtime. eom

[AspenRose]

25. Aaargh I hope they aren't holding their collective breath on that...

People in hell want ice water, too.

[daleo]

26. Poodle must be senile by now.

He's about 350 years old in dog years, so I guess his delusions are understandable.

[Boswells_Johnson]

27. Well, they've elected Blair how many times now? Surely that tells

you something.

[SillyGoose]

28. HAHAHAHA!

Good one.

[ernstbass]

29. Dream on England

he'll listen to the world when pigs fly.

[w4rma]

30. That's prosperity you see around the corner, not the Great Depression.

</sarcasm>

[Vidar]

31. Kiss-ass Blair's lips are moving, but the people of Britain know better.

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

32. listen more to other governments?

Based on what?

"I'm the commander," Bush bragged. "See - I do not need to explain why I say things... Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation..."

Oh, I forgot, he listens to God...

What makes him think that's God talking? At the risk of sounding sacrileguous, I don't think God needs a boxy receiver taped to your back to get through...

The Brit's ain't stupid through - they are sending Chimpo a message..."wise up - soon"

[LynnTheDem]

33. ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!! "expect bush to listen to the world"!!! LOL!!!!

TOO FUNNY!!!! GOOD one, Britain!!!

[cosmicdot]

34. which 'British analyst' said that?

that ** 'will take a less unilateral approach on foreign affairs and listen more to other governments'?

I looked for it ... might have missed it ... I didn't get that impression from this unauthored AFP 'article'.


"The Blair government is pinning hopes on Robert Zoellick, who was appointed deputy to the new US secretary of state Condoleeza Rice and who has been known to the Europeans as the US trade representative.

Zoellick's is an "important post because no one really knows from day to day which way Condoleeza Rice is going to fall on most foreign policy debates," Peterson said."

so, Zoellick will really be the SofS?

[2Design]

35. have you ever seen a kid who gets away with bullying or cruelty

they do more not less

[pinniped]

36. Sure, are they down with the war with Iran?

Syria?

North Korea? I forgot they probably have nukes.

China They have nukes so no war with them.

[Gloria]

37. Is Blair et al on drugs??? Condi is attached to Bush and parrots

his every brain fart....Did she sound like she was interested in "listening" to anyone????

[Gusto md]

39. Honestly...

Who the fcuk can think that pile of feces gives a shit about what is actually good and right for the world?

As long as there is oil in other countries, they will be *chimp* sending troops.

[Gusto md]

40. Listen to the World??!!

If that's the case, being a citizen of the world, take notes you slack-jawed chimp....

NO ONE IS BUYING YOUR LIES ANYMORE!

FESS UP AND FUCK OFF!