serious mistake by obama imo, page-26

Your outlook is probably more realistic than mine, jpb, but I WILL question the "The relationship is that close." bit, lol.

A while back they announced that Australia was going to be denied the F-22 Raptor, while "close allies" such as Israel and (shudder) Japan would probably get them. And this was after Howard stated we were America's best friend.
That didnt sound like they felt THAT close to us........

cheers
GZ