Don’t Forget Poland

by digby

From the great patriots in the White House who called the MoveOn ad “disgusting” we have this lovely statement about our staunchest allies in Iraq, via Think Progress

In response to the withdrawal announcement, the White House has decided to slander Britain. The Daily Telegraph reports today that a senior White House official has revoked Britain’s status of being “the closest Bush ally“:

“There’s concern about Brown,” a senior White House foreign policy official told The Daily Telegraph. “But this is compensated by the fact that Paris and Berlin are much less of a headache. The need to hinge everything on London as the guarantor of European security has gone.” The White House official added that Britain would always be “the cornerstone” of US policy towards Europe but there was “a lot of unhappiness” about how British forces had performed in Basra and an acceptance that Mr Brown would pull the remaining 4,500 troops out of Iraq next year. “Operationally, British forces have performed poorly in Basra,” said the official. “Maybe it’s best that they leave. Now we will have a clear field in southern Iraq.”

The administration isn’t getting the kind of doglike devotion they are accustomed to from the British PM so have turned to … France and Germany.

What will the little wingnuts do without the tops of their heads?