Oh that's been going on for a while. Hillary needs friends in South America and it's a handy point to waffle on about. My vote has always been for letting the Islanders decide, and everyone else can bugger off, I have to confess.

As to Obama, I am not sure what he is doing at the moment. I am being generous and assuming he is very cross and having his equivalent of a personal tanty, which in a way is fair enough. But some of that complex diplomacy he's good at would be helpful here!