Obama’s State Dept believed Cameron was threatening the peace process.

They felt it strongly enough that they enlisted the help of a man they’ve belittled for years.

Articles in the Guardian, Times, and Telegraph, have all made similar assertions, as has the labor party.

The forums of those newspapers are overflowing with people debating this issue, many of whom agree with Obama.

jj24, you disagree with Obama, the papers, and all those Brits in the forums. Looks like you’re the sole authority on the subject. Congratulations. Just rememebr: there are plenty of people on the other side of this fence.

Besides, the more you attack Bush, the more you remind people that Obama enlisted the aid of someone you call a “feckless moron” because he was too incompetent to handle the prblem himself.

“It’s true that Mr Cameron has been embarrassed by his electoral partners’ conduct and he admitted in an interview today that he’d tried to persuade the UUP leader Sir Reg Empey to support the devolution plan.”

Oh and when Sir Reg Empey was giving a speech that your precious dubya attended good ole’ Georgy boy was so feckless that he couldn’t help insulting him by rolling his eyes and giving that ape like grin we all came to know and dread, so yes obama was a complete fool to ask a guy like that to interfere in such a delicate situation, i guess he didn’t realise that conservatives in the UK won’t listen to a moron just because they have similar political ideologies (and that’s a stretch of the imagination), and as he likely thought that bush would be best for the job it shows that he is willing to forgo criticism and ask for help from an opponent which proves he’s got strong character.

Saying that Cameron has no sway in this matter is like saying Al Gore has no influence upon US environmetal groups. He may not be their leader, but they folow his lead. Labor’s accused Cameron of “egging the driver on in the train crash” of the peace process more than once. If his importance here is as minimal you’d liek it to be, Obama wouldn’t have wasted time getting Bush to call him.

Kooky Brit politics aside, the question posed in the piece remains. Why does the administration continually need support from their arch enemy? Is this State department that useless?