Alright. On the premise that Bush was evil, and the US a meddling imperialist, we're going to try a softer, friendlier, warm and fuzzy approach to foreign policy. Enter a Constitutional law professor with zero foreign policy experience.
Let's shake hands and chat over cocktails. Why can't we all just get along? Cumbaya...
I'm glad this is occurring because I think BO will get a fast lesson in world politics and history. It is naive to think that people like Chavez, Morales, Castro, Ahmadinejad and others, together with their constituents, who have harbored their anti-semitic, anti-US views for so long, are simply going to melt and transform into cute tribbles (Star Trek reference) upon the handshake of BO. They're not going to change at all. The Change we elected, is not the change they seek (unless our new national spending and debt outright crushes us.)
So now what?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8008850.stm
In quotes: Ahmadinejad speech
Diplomats have walked out of a UN conference on racism during a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/20/concerns-brewing-obamas-warm-embrace-chavez/
Handshake With Obama Belies Chavez's Contempt for America
But some veteran diplomats said Chavez would wield the gracious grasp as an important symbol to help consolidate his growing power in Venezuela.
"What he's going to say is that what he has been doing in Venezuela now has the seal of approval of the United States," said Otto Reich, who was ambassador to Venezuela under President Reagan. "He sees it as a green light to continue dismantling democracy in Venezuela."
Reich said Chavez is already using the handshake as propaganda and called the summit a missed opportunity by the Obama administration.
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I remember thinking Bush naive when he talked about having "looked into Putin's eyes, and seen his soul". That didn't work out too well.
ReplyDeleteI think BO is much smarter than W, so I'm glad he's at the helm.