Team Obama: "There's nothing special about Britain."

The Telegraph reports the shocking attitude of some high level members of the Obama administration. A State Department official involved in planning the Brown visit "reacted with fury when questioned by The Sunday Telegraph about why the event was so low-key. The official dismissed any notion of the special relationship, saying: 'There's nothing special about Britain. You're just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn't expect special treatment.'"

So this is how the new administration wants to improve international relations, by insulting one of the USA's longest and most important allies? Unfortunately, the State Department official may be only too correct at this point. Team Obama may have destroyed the special relationship with Britain that has endured these many decades.

One can only hope that a subsequent, more intelligent administration can patch up the damage done by the present incompetent one.