Sunday, June 26, 2016

Kerry's advice on the UK-EU divorce

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Britain and the European Union to manage their own divorce like he did: responsibly. He said it would be for the sake of citizens and the global markets. 

Kerry kept harping on how important it was for the two entities (UK and EU) to cooperate, like he did during the divorce of his first wife, Julia Thorne, who he married in 1970 and divorced in 1988. She passed away in 2006 after having remarried in 1997 to Richard Charlesworth.

Kerry's second marriage to Teresa Heinz fetched him big bucks and free ketchup.

He said that, like a friend of both parties divorcing, he would let both capitals know that the U.S. loves them and will stay friends, just not in each other's company as that would be uncomfortable.

True to form, Kerry had no actual ideas how the divorced couple should make deal with the decision of the UK to go through with the divorce and leave the 28-nation bloc. But nobody on either side of the pond is surprised by Kerry's lack of ideas.

"The most important thing is that all of us, as leaders, work together to provide as much continuity, as much stability, as much certainty as possible," Kerry said, running out of "as much as" ideas in his repetitious babbling. 

Kerry had met in Rome with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, offering to buy the Italian official a slice of pizza, as he pandered in the spirit of Hillary Clinton when she told an African-American audience that she always carries hot sauce in her purse. 

He said that responsible handling of the situation, one that President Obama tried to pressure the UK not to take, will help "the marketplace understand that there are ways to minimize disruption, there are ways to smartly move ahead in order to protect the values and interests that we share." 

But Mr. Kerry could offer no examples of any values or interests he referred to.

We have yet to hear from Donald Trump as to what he thinks of John Kerry's thoughts.

When President Obama visited Britain in April of this year, he warned the Britons that if they voted to "leave" the EU, they would be kicked to the back of the line for trade negotiations. He didn't use exactly those words, but after all, he's not as openly blunt as Trump, as not as transparent as he said he would be.

Since Britain refused to be intimidated by Mr. Obama and voted to leave the EU and return to their roots, strengthen their immigration and be England again, our so-called leader from behind president and other officials have changed their tune. Now they've emphasized how strong and durable our relationship is, and played down the idea that the Obama administration would actually do anything they said they might.

Remember the "red line" that Syria's Bashar al-Assad better not cross?

Maybe they should have made it yellow.


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