Yeah, it’s not working out so well.

This appeared two weeks ago in the UK Telegraph under the byline of contributing editor Alex Singleton.

The special relationship is over. We gave America years of unwavering support after September 11. And now we see how Barack Obama’s administration repays us.

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Let  me be clear: I’m not normally in favor of  boycotts, and I love the American people.  I holiday in their country regularly, and hate the tedious snobby sneers against the United  States .  But the American people chose to  elect an idiot who seems hell bent on insulting  their allies, and something must be done to stop  Obama’s reckless foreign policy, before he does the dirty on his allies on every  issue.

And in an e-mail going around, retired Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely goes further…

One of the most poorly kept secrets in Washington is President Obama’s animosity toward Great Britain, presumably because of what he regards as its sins while ruling Kenya (1895-1963).

One of Barack Hussein Obama’s first acts as  president was to return to Britain a bust of Winston Churchill that had graced the Oval Office since 9/11.  He followed this up by  denying Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on his first state visit, the usual joint press conference with flags.

The president was  “too tired” to grant the leader of America ‘s closest ally a proper welcome, his aides told  British journalists.

Mr. Obama followed  this up with cheesy gifts for Mr. Brown and the Queen. Columnist Ian Martin described his behavior as “rudeness personified.”

There was  more rudeness in store for Mr. Brown at the  opening session of the United Nations in September. “The prime minister was forced  to dash through the kitchens of the UN in New York to secure five minutes of face time with  President Obama after five requests for a sit  down meeting were rejected by the White House,” said London Telegraph columnist David  Hughes. Mr. Obama’s “churlishness is unforgivable,” Mr. Hughes said.

The administration went  beyond snubs and slights last week when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed the  demand of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner,  a Hugo Chavez ally, for mediation of Argentina’s specious claim to the  Falkland Islands, a British dependency since 1833. The people who live in the Falklands, who speak English, want nothing to do with Argentina. When, in 1982, an earlier Argentine dictatorship tried to seize the Falklands by force, the British — with strong support from President Ronald Reagan — expelled them.

“It is truly shocking  that Barack Obama has decided to disregard our shared history,” wrote Telegraph columnist Toby Young. “Does Britain ‘s friendship really mean so little to him?” One could ask, does the friendship of anyone in the entire world mean anything to him?

“I  recently asked several senior administration  officials, separately, to name a foreign leader  with whom Barack Obama has forged a strong personal relationship during his first year in  office,” wrote Jackson Diehl, deputy editorial  page editor of the Washington Post, on Monday. ”  A lot of hemming and hawing ensued.”  One  official named French President Nicolas Sarkozy, but his contempt for Mr. Obama is an open  secret. Another named German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But, said Mr. Diehl, “Merkel too  has been conspicuously cool toward Obama.”

Mr. Obama certainly doesn’t care about  the Poles and Czechs, whom he has betrayed on  missile defense. Honduras and Israel also can attest that he’s been an unreliable ally and an unfaithful friend.

Ironically, our relations with both Israel and the Palestinian  Authority have never been worse. Russia has offered nothing in exchange for Mr. Obama’s abandonment  of missile defense.  Russia and  China won’t support serious sanctions on Iran. Syria ‘s support for terrorism has not diminished despite efforts to normalize  diplomatic relations.  The reclusive military dictatorship that runs Burma has responded to our efforts at “engagement” by  deepening its ties to North Korea.

And the Chinese make little effort to disguise their contempt for him.

For the first time in a long time, the President of  the United States is actually distrusted by its allies and not in the least feared by its adversaries.   Nor is Mr. Obama now respected by the majority of Americans.

Understandably focused on the dismal economy and Mr. Obama’s relentless efforts to nationalize and socialize health care, Americans apparently have yet to notice his dismal performance and lack of respect in the world community.

They soon will.

Vallely, of course, knows this kind of stuff very well.

The fact is, for all the talk about how much the United States was hated around the world when Obama’s predecessor was in the White House at least back then our friends knew they could count on us and vice versa. And the election of pro-American leaders like David Cameron, Sarkozy, Merkel and others abroad would be an indication that our relationship with those allies was strong as Bush left office.

Our enemies didn’t like us. So what? That’s why they’re enemies.

Obama has been trying to cozy up to those enemies for two years, and Vallely does a nice job of describing the results. But it’s worse than that. We aren’t doing anything to further the revolution in Syria, which would eliminate an Iranian stooge government that enables Hezbollah and Hamas and has participated as a conduit for Iran’s proxy war against the United States in Iraq for the better part of a decade. Don’t forget the Syrian attempts at a nuclear program that Israel bombed out of existence a year or so ago.

Obama normalizes relations with those bastards instead of fomenting a revolution to topple the government. You can’t make a worse call than that. But it’s the second time he’s done it; the first time was in Iran itself, when he ignored a widespread revolt in favor of a failed effort to negotiate with a regime whose motto is Death To America and who makes videos heralding the coming of the apocalypse.

This is the worst foreign policy president in American history. In only two years. That’s an amazing, if tremendously dubious, achievement. And it’s going to be very important that the next president, who hopefully will be taking office in January of 2013, have some expertise in foreign policy.

Or at the very least a basic understanding of and respect for America’s role in the world, and an appreciation of who our friends are.