Posted on 11/22/2012 12:11:49 PM PST by Morgana
Diplomacy: So amid all the colorful and flirty photos from President Obama's first tour of Southeast Asia, what did he actually accomplish? As usual, he served himself politically in what was largely a Potemkin mission abroad.
It was obvious enough from the rubelike gaffes that the president hasn't been particularly interested or attentive to the affairs of Thailand, Burma or Cambodia as he made his first trip since his re-election. It was pretty much all style over substance.
In his tour of Burma, billed as an historic first visit since Burma's 2007 move to democracy, it was clear he was in way over his head, even on small things. Obama repeatedly referred to the country's Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader Aung San Suu Kyi as Aung Yan Suu Kyi, an astonishing error given her global fame.
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As usual, not much style either.
Just another junket on the USA taxpayers’ dime.
Congratulated 3 communist countries for being communist countries.
That worthless POS brings PUTRESCENCE to “style”. Throw the word “dignified” at them at see them drown. At least the MSM has the PRESENCE of mind not to show the wookie feeding.
I would not say that there was even all that much style displayed, considering his clumsy pawing of Aung San Suu Kyi, and the repeated mispronunciation of her name.
Then the rather cool reception he got from the First Lady Bun Rany, who greeted Obama with a traditional “sampeah” pressed-hands greeting reserved for servants, a little dig that was probably lost on him but not to Asians.
And believe me, they were watching. The “ugly American” stereotype was reinforced once more.
And this guy is “likeable”? The capacity for liberals to delude themselves is vast, to near infinity. If this be triumph, then I would not like to look upon a reversal of fortune.
Well, actually, I would, but his adoring followers might not.
Ah, yeah. But twinkies are eternal...
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Thailand and Cambodia is moving towards China and beginning to reject western and all things American. Mostly because in Asian culture, strength is more respected than freedoms and liberties. Here they see the weakening of the dollar as a failure of capitalism.
This president needed to share a vision and a path to that vision. Most people here had no idea the President of the United States even was here.
Which is typical of everything that zero does.
In other words, this is just another vacation.
Which is typical of everything that zero does.
The latter is not true of South-East or South Asia, but is true of the Middle-East, Central Asia and the Far East
Cambodia is moving towards China because China gives it money and because China is the enemy of its enemy (Vietnam).
The Thais take Chinese money but don't trust them
All of this dates back to 3000 years of racial movements and ethnic wars:
the original inhabitants of S-E asia were Mon-Khmer type people (present day Cambodian and Champa people of vietnam) and Malay type peoples (present day Filipinos, Indonesians, Malaysians)
the Tai-Burman people are people from what is now western China near the border of the Golden triangle that were pushed by the Han expansion 1700 to 2000 years ago
the Namh Viet are people from originally southern China that were pushed south in the 7th century AD
They displaced the Champa kingdom
Prior to the movement of the Namh Viet or Die Viet, the kingdoms in south-east asia were Hindu kingdoms highly influenced by Indian culture and religion.
The Tais and Vietnamese distrust the Chinese historically as do the Malay peoples. The Cambodians look on them as "enemy of my enemy"
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