sshhh Not so loud.

“Socialist countries are very hard to run when surrounded by capitalism. Its sort of like trying to float a lie on a sea of truth.”

That and there is no wall to keep us in. 🙂

Of course you object to Canada if they don’t include abortion in their foreign aid. Naturally you diss the Queen. She’s so…Old Empire. Netanyahu? Dinner withn him? We don’t do that.

Chavez and Castro, just as naturally, represent the long struggle of the indigenous peoples against…bad old whitey, and so we understand even their…excesses (?). Waith. There are no excesses on that side.

And so on.

http://article.nationalreview.com/430228/parochially-post-american/mark-steyn

Canada, France, Germany and even India all have right of center governments. Obama really dislikes right of center governments. They make him look bad in a number of ways. I know its complicated, but if you squint your eyes, China’s government even looks capitalist – in a brutal sort of way.

Canada is sitting on tar sands oil which comprises the equivalent of 3 Saudi Arabias. If it can be exploited/refined underground, you have a huge evil in Obama’s eyes: Cheap, carbon spewing oil which will last a long time.

I’ve always been somewhat more bemused by Obama than scared of him. This was because the whole world is turning capitalist just as Obama is trying to steer the oldest capitalist country to socialism. Socialist countries are very hard to run when surrounded by capitalism. Its sort of like trying to float a lie on a sea of truth. Its exposed pretty fast.

The only allies Obama have in the sea of world capitalism are the few socialist backwaters still left – Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras with a little push, and if you squint even harder – Iran.

Don’t be surprised that Obama and team are mean to allies. Allies are capitalist, and should be treated badly.

Great Britain could be considered an exception to this rule, but the labor government did participate in Iraq, which makes it evil, plus won’t be in power much longer, so treating it badly is fine too. If they treated Great Britain well, Obama would have to continue to do so after the conservatives take power. That’s not going to happen.

James

There is no predicting when it will come, or how it will be…You just know it will be something.

Is this planned? Is there a psychological ‘thing’ where the victim is always on guard – knows something is coming but not from where and not exactly when? And so the victim is in a constant state of cowering until it would take anything just as long as there could be peace and quiet and a little bit of stability?

Are we being set up for accepting anything just for a little peace and quiet?

I can tell you from talking to Agus and Dewi in the street that Obama-love is wearing a bit thin here in Indonesia. He may yet come here, but he’s already put off trips twice, and the Indonesians are growing tired of getting strung along by someone who promised much but has delivered little (sound familiar?).

From what I can tell as a private-sector expat, the relationship is basically the same as where it was during W’s administration. The difference is that the Indonesians expected little from Bush other than help in fighting terrorists, and that’s what they got, with a fair amount of success, I might add. But Obama promised much more for his childhood home, and has come through on nothing. Some Indonesians are now openly disdainful of Obama, others, like battered spouses, are making excuses for him. But the bloom is definitely off that rose.

Canada’s allied with Indonesia?