…to sacrifice them all.”
Why Is the U.S. Sacrificing Thailand to China?
Simply put, Thailand—like Morocco, Taiwan, Colombia, Israel, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, among others—has consistently oriented its policies in support of ties, friendship, and alliance with the United States only to feel that the United States looks at traditional allies with disinterest if not disdain.
Simply put, under President Obama, Thailand finds itself cast aside. And while China has courted Thailand assiduously in recent years, Thailand has so far stood firm despite its rude and often poor treatment at Obama administration hands. […]
Many Thais complain that the U.S. Embassy is isolated and disinterested. When the coup occurred, it and the State Department more broadly wagged its finger without any understanding or suggestions of other solutions for the precipice on which Thailand found itself. All coups are bad, the State Department seemed to argue, and so it would be better for Thailand to suffer thousands of casualties in mob violence than undertake a corrective, cooling off period in which the two sides might step back. And, as in Honduras, the Obama administration’s position seemed to support left-of-center leaders willing to defy their supreme courts, rather than accept that limited military intervention might actually be necessary to enforce the constitution when a crisis occurred.
The Thai military has promised to hold new elections in October 2015, and there is no reason to doubt their sincerity. After all, while not ideal, there is ample precedent in Thai history of the military briefly assuming power, but only briefly, and then returning power to the people in actively contested and very legitimate elections.
The Obama administration and State Department, however, seemingly ignorant of Thai history or the consequences of mob violence in Thailand’s incredibly diverse social fabric, continues to turn its back to Thailand, its requests for support, and a nearly 200-year-old Treaty of Friendship. Enter China: China is already Thailand’s largest trading partner, and Beijing is happy to seize advantage from Obama’s diplomatic temper-tantrum to increase both its activity and influence in Thailand, much of which will come at the expense of the United States.
Fundamental transformation. Yeah, baby.
We wouldn’t want the Americans picking up ideas from the Thais, would we?
being an ally of failshit america isn’t really worth anything but being an ally of China can really pay off in the long run
Obama’s foreign policy is a sign of the times.
Out: Keeping America’s friends happy.
In: Making America’s enemies happy.
Out: tableside guacamole
In: union teachertrash screwing california public schoolchildren to the fucking wall for bringing e-cigarettes to school
Not surprising. The One believes America is a bad nation. Therefore, our traditional friends must be bad, too.
The Unicorn Prince still hasn’t forgiven America for siding against the Reds in 1920s Russia.
he sucks daddy soros’s dick good and proper, president dicksuck does
but fuck me just bring me the goddamn guacamole i don’t need a fucking minimum wage dog and pony show
The theme is ‘squeeze’
“but fuck [slewfoot]”
Agreed.
you’re mean
‘feets, did you donate regularly to Jeff’s fundraisers?
what do you mean
Progressivism is evil. It is not only incompatible with but actively hostile to proper American governance.
I’m trying to rid myself of the nagging notion that you are, well, a construct-a-puppet.
I know it’s a lot to ask, but would you please pinch yourself and report the results? Especially if there’s a fifty-shades-level howl what ensues
i’m not a puppet maybe you’re a puppet ever think of that
So the hamster is rubber, confirmed by his own word (though I doubt serr8d is in fact made of glue).
The data just keep adding up. Just FYI, while it’s rare to make puppets out of rubber, it’s not unheard of. Making puppets out of glue, OTOH…
none of you are making ANY SENSE
Then you’d better go ask yourself.
OIAL.
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Libyan ISIS savages behead Copts on shore, making the blood of Christians in the Mediterranean a symbol of their intention announced: that they will conquer Rome. All Italy freezes in place holding very still, hoping that ISIS won’t see them in the background. Egypt thinks otherwise.
Obama just doesn’t care about or understand foreign policy and is completely dependent on college level thinking.
He doesn’t understand domestic policy either but, unfortunately thinks he does.
Read Mike Doran’s essay. It’s a start.
Street artist SABO erects tributes to murdered Jordanian pilot around L.A. [photos]
Heh. The rubber, it BURNS!
(In my case, glue was never inhaled. But that plastic model F-111 I put together in ’72 or thereabouts certainly never fell apart due to structural weaknesses )
Here’s an enjoyable respite. Enjoy!
While I have seen rubber-cement boogers, none have ever talked to me.
Damn stuck-up boogers.
Eat me.
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