Suddenly life is not so sweet for the US. Its old ally Hosni Mubarak will have to leave Egypt. Germany has offered to host him for prolonged medical tests but has denied permanent asylum. Seems that while acting as a poodle Tony Blair's government quietly worked to release the Lockerbie bomber, Al Magrahi. This was due to pressure from Libya which threatened to cancel trade ties if Magrahi died in captivity which,in turn, would have seriously impacted BP's business. May be that is why the Obama administration reacted so hysterically to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico forcing BP to spend $ 41 billion in cleaning up and compensating local businesses. The US has conveniently forgotten the deliberate shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane over the Persian gulf killing everyone inside. Iran has started trial of 3 American men who are accused of spying. The US says that they were trekkers who innocently strayed into Iranian territory and must be released. Of course, The US has the right to kidnap anyone from any country in the world, torture them and hold them at Guantanamo prison indefinitely as

" enemy combatants " without trial or explanation but, hey, all Americans must necessarily be innocent or else. Now Pakistan has arrested one Raymond Davies for shooting two men on motorbike in Lahore. He thought that they were robbers but it turns out that they were ISI agents. The US insists that Davies enjoys full diplomatic immunity and must be released immediately but the Paki government is under severe pressure at home to hold on to him. Three others have been banned from leaving the country. Time that the US learnt good manners pay.