Posted by
Catmman on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 1:06:56 PM
Dictatorships, theocratic oligarchies, and despotic regimes are to be embraced, negotiated with and invited to 4th of July celebrations.
Let's recap, shall we?
President Obama has embraced and indeed encouraged Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.
Remember that book Chavez gave to Obama at the Summit of the Americas? I have yet to see that book in a trashcan anywhere. Nor have we heard that the president otherwise disposed of it. Of course why would Obama throw the book away? It's content probably reminded him of his college textbooks.
How about Obama's stance on the Iranian uprisings? The president was sure to tell the word he was "deeply concerned" about what was going on, though apparently not so vexed that he would miss out on a round of golf. Obama was so "concerned" it took him ten days to express in more direct verbiage how he finally "comdemned" what the Iranian mullahs (through the Iranian military and plain old street thugs) were doing to it's citizenry. Protesters advocating free and fair elections getting shot through the heart seems to have a way of focusing even Barack Obama's laser-like political acumen to a fine point.
Obama was sure to speak out forcefully about the supposed "coup" which took place in Honduras this past weekend. He joined other strong advocates for individual freedom and political liberty like Castro and Hugo Chavez. As I understand it, the Honduran President attempted to circumvent his countries consitution to try to get himself elected to another term. He attempted to hold a "public referendum" to get the Honduran consitution amended. Chavez true to form, gave his support by sending thousands of ballots to his Honduran buddy to help out with the effort. Of course all of this was outside the law in Honduras (again, as I understand it) so the Honduran Supreme Court issued an order to the Honduran military to prevent the Honduran tin pot, er, president from doing this. President Obama says this is illegal and has taken the side of the dictators. Incidentally, this is pretty much the same way 'ol Chavez got his start as a tyranical despot.
North Korea has ramped up it's efforts to create nuclear weapons, tested a nuclear device some weeks ago, and is "testing" a missile and is tentatively scheduled a new missile "test" for the 4th of July by launching a missile towards Hawaii. The Norks has also said they are no longer abiding by the 1953 cease-fire which ended the Korean war and have effectively re-declared war on the US. President Obama has said nothing outside of additional harsh verbiage and has actually done even less. Obama barely gets credit for sending untested missile defense assets to Hawaii in anticipation of Nork "test". If Hawaii wasn't his birth-state, you can bet he wouldn't have done even that.
Anyone else see a trend here? I've seen pre-school macaroni art more coherent that Obama's supposed "foreign policy".
Obama shows the world yet again where his true passions lie. If there is a tin-pot dictatorship, oppressive Communist society/government, or theocratic oppressive oligarchy murdering it's own citizens, Obama has their back Why? Because at his heart, he believes the same stuff they do - the State is paramount. Individual liberty is not conducive to the needs of the State nor to the expansion of the State. "Government", not private companies or individuals should be the arbiters of an economy. The State should control (nationalize) industry. Class warfare is used as a tool of the State to foment envy and distrust amongst the citizenry. Any of this sound familiar?
With every protest for liberty Obama fails to support or recognize, with every lawful enforcement of constitutional government Obama condemns, with every handshake he gives to ruthless dictators and with every nod of in-action he gives to rogue states, he shows all of us who he truly is.