tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post700271062726579356..comments2024-03-18T17:01:07.165-07:00Comments on The Provocateur: Navigating Foreign Policy in a World of Bad Actorsmike volpehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-71730221299659726892009-07-01T16:36:52.621-07:002009-07-01T16:36:52.621-07:00And Obama aligns himself with Chavez. That's t...And Obama aligns himself with Chavez. That's the unnerving part.<br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-69383806766160885252009-07-01T09:19:34.407-07:002009-07-01T09:19:34.407-07:00I didn't know that they arrested Ambassadors t...I didn't know that they arrested Ambassadors though that's frankly even worse. Hugo Chavez is our enemy because he's our enemy. He supports Iran. He supports Cuba. He's a dicator that wants to run a totalitarian Socialist state. <br /><br />He's a dicator because he's made perpetual elections the law of the land. He has subverted all opposition. He arrests his opponents. <br /><br />I don't talk about the "left" being evil. I talk about totalitarian dictators being evil. That's what Chavez is.mike volpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02999118519606254362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3098264341625381422.post-74507578944867291402009-07-01T09:08:21.345-07:002009-07-01T09:08:21.345-07:00I fail to see how Obama is obligated to support ri...I fail to see how Obama is obligated to support right-wing movements in Latin America when his election marked the defeat of one right here in the United States. Hugo Chavez is your enemy because you chose to make him one. He is a dictator to you because you equate losing elections with tyranny and right-wing politics with freedom.<br /><br />Its like the whole idea of Obama not being bipartisan. How can he gain the Republicans support if the Republicans answer to every question about what they want from Obama is essentially "we want him to resign and apologize for for he has done to our inherently right-wing country."<br /><br />I'm not even sure if what the Honduran military did is wrong. The Supreme Court and Congress clearly indicated an intent to impeach him so removing him from office and deporting him seemed reasonable to me. But its like you said, imposing martial law and shutting down electricity and the press is objectively wrong no matter what. Although you don't seem to find any problem with them arresting the Venezuelan, Cuban, and Nicaraguan ambassadors.<br /><br />In short, when you talk about the left being 'evil' it implies two things: 1. that conservatives are only loyal to themselve, and 2. they have no problem exterminating leftists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com