President Obama’s Surrender America Tours
By Larry Johnson on April 20, 2009 at 12:45 AM in Current Affairs
(bumped up from Sunday afternoon)
There was a time when U.S. Presidents would visit countries with unsavory leaders–e.g., the Shah of Iran, Somoza of Nicaragua, Manuel Noriega–and folks with a moral compass would howl, correctly so, that putting the smiling mug of our President alongside a leader guilty of human rights abuses and political oppression signaled tacit approval of that leader. Well, what the hell do you call it when Barack bows to the likes of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah and goes ghetto-hand shake with Hugo Chavez?
I call it surrendering the high ground. Susan’s recent pieces on Obama’s shameful behavior in representing the United States are spot on. It is astonishing that Obama would endure a lecture from the likes of Daniel Ortega. What is it about radical leftists who can excuse the political abuses of people like Chavez and Ortega while condemning similar behavior by rightwing folks?
How about this as a concept, let’s condemn the abuses regardless of the political outlook of those who carry them out?
I am troubled by Hillary Clinton’s silence on these matters. She is in a tough position and is loyally serving the Obama Administration. But how long can we as a country endure this kind of reprehensible kow towing by a man who is supposed to embody America. If Obama persists in remaining silent while thugs like Chavez shit on America then he will replace France as the embodiment of acting like a surrender monkey. Placating tyrants is not a policy that promotes peace. Not a happy development in my view.






















