I have British friends. I believe that the histories or America and Britain will be forever intertwined. It breaks my heart to read what I am about to post. There is no way to apologize for the damage that has been done or for the kind of person who would authorize what happened.
Yesterday the U. K. Telegraph reported on some additional information leaked by Wikileaks. As much as I have very mixed emotions about Wikileaks, what was leaked is important.
According to the article:
"Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to Russia as part of an arms control deal signed by President Barack Obama next week.
"Defence analysts claim the agreement risks undermining Britain's policy of refusing to confirm the exact size of its nuclear arsenal."
I am not at all schooled in diplomacy and how diplomatic things work, but this seems to me to be a major breach of trust on the part of America. America had no right to do this.
The article reports:
"Details of the behind-the-scenes talks are contained in more than 1,400 US embassy cables published to date by the Telegraph, including almost 800 sent from the London Embassy, which are published online today. The documents also show that:
"America spied on Foreign Office ministers by gathering gossip on their private lives and professional relationships.
"Intelligence-sharing arrangements with the US became strained after the controversy over Binyam Mohamed, the former Guantanamo Bay detainee who sued the Government over his alleged torture.
"David Miliband disowned the Duchess of York by saying she could not "be controlled" after she made an undercover TV documentary.
"Tens of millions of pounds of overseas aid was stolen and spent on plasma televisions and luxury goods by corrupt regimes."
America and Britain have a history together. They have worked in unison to spread freedom around the world. I am so sorry that America currently has a President who chooses to forget the unique relationship between the two countries.
The article reports:
"Although the treaty was not supposed to have any impact on Britain, the leaked cables show that Russia used the talks to demand more information about the UK's Trident missiles, which are manufactured and maintained in the US.
"Washington lobbied London in 2009 for permission to supply Moscow with detailed data about the performance of UK missiles. The UK refused, but the US agreed to hand over the serial numbers of Trident missiles it transfers to Britain."
It is disgusting that the Obama Administration betrayed the trust of one of our oldest and best allies. It was a bad treaty to begin with; betraying a friend makes it worse.
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