Obama got nothing for America. On Apr 16, 3:55�pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > In fact he failed miserably. > > *Obama's Campaign Trip To Europe: �*Victor David Hanson was not > impressed > <http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=N2RhYmQxNDVmYzY3N2JiMjZmOG...>. > > � � Given Obama's performance on his recent trip, three developments > � � were quite astounding. > > � � First, despite this fresh climate of atonement, there was a complete > � � absence of a single apology from any other foreign leader --- odd > � � for the new shared spirit of multi-polarity and reciprocity. > > � � Not a word came from Britain about colonialism. �Nothing from > � � Germany on the Holocaust, or its trade with Iran. �Not a peep from > � � France about Algeria or Vietnam. > > � � Turkey was mum on the Armenian killings and its own tough > � � anti-Kurdish policies. �Russia said nothing about the 30 million > � � murdered by Stalin --- or its present assassinations abroad, much > � � less its leveling of Grozny or its destruction of Afghanistan. > � � �Nothing came from China about the 70 million who perished under Mao > � � or its present role in subsidizing North Korean nukes --- or its > � � violation of global copyright laws. �We won't hear anything in the > � � "New Asian Hemisphere" about Muslim Uighurs or Tibet. > > � � Second, there was no other example of "He did it!" about supposedly > � � inept predecessors. �Mr. Medvedev said nothing about Putin's brutish > � � rule. �Sarkozy and Merkel did not trash the shady Chirac or > � � Gazprom's bought lobbyist Schroeder, and their role in harming the > � � Atlantic alliance. �Gordon Brown was quiet about Tony Blair and > � � Iraq. �China did not mention a reset button. �The new Berlusconi did > � � not trash the old Berlusconi. > > � � Third, we saw no concrete evidence of any help --- or hope and > � � change --- from any foreign leader. �Zilch. �There were expectations > � � of American concessions, but nothing new or helpful from anyone else. > > So why did Obama make the trip? �Not to advance American interests and > values. �That's obvious. �The trip did nothing for the United States > (perhaps less than nothing), but it did two things for Obama: �He got to > put on campaign events with exotic backgrounds, and he got to hear the > applause of crowds. > > Like Hanson, I expect that our enemies will exploit Obama's desire for > applause. �Our enemies are generally evil, but rarely stupid. > - 10:41 AM, 16 April 2009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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