Failed President Barack Obama has refused at least 5 requests for a bilateral meeting at either the United Nations or the G20 Summit with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.

Oh, crap.  That’s a typo.  Obama has really refused 5 meeting requests by Great Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Give him a break.  It’s hard to find time for maintaining that “special relationship” when you’ve got dictator nads to nuzzle and a war effort to sandbag.

Brown’s efforts to secure a prestigious primetime slot for his keynote speech at the general assembly in New York were also thwarted when the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, delivered a 100-minute speech to the UN, massively running over Brown’s 15 minute slot.

Brown had not only been seeking a bilateral meeting with Obama, but feelers were also sent out to hold a joint press conference, an event that would have boosted Brown’s efforts to offer himself as a linchpin of international diplomacy. Government sources said that Britain even changed its policy on swine flu immunisation in Africa to match that of the Obama administration last week, in an attempt to rebuild relations.

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But Obama has held bilateral meetings in New York with the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, and the new Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama.

How’s that “rebuilding our relationships abroad” thing working out for you?

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