"McCain would be ideal,
especially after listening to the pacifist and naive Neville Chamberlain-ideas
of Obama in regard to confronting Iran … one fears a repeat of the Democratic
government of Jimmy Carter, who was a disastrous dolt as much for the United
States as for the rest of the Western world."
A recent Portfolioeditorial recommends that, "The
Government (of Colombia) design and develop a plan now to draw closer to
whoever the Democratic Party chooses to run in the United States
elections."
Senator John
McCain: Colombia's choice for U.S. President?
This is because, according to
Portfolio, "surveys show a slight advantage for Obama over McCain,
a scenario that could alter policies on Iraq, the United States economy ... and
the way the two candidates conduct their campaigns and their messages."
We still have a long way to
go to the presidential elections in November, more than sufficient time for the
intentions of the voters to change. Having spoken recently with some Democrats
in the U.S. about whether Hillary Clinton should withdraw - and this is in
conformity with the polls - a third of her supporters would vote for Obama,
another third wouldn’t vote at all, and the final third, a large group of
businessmen, laborers and middle class Whites, say they'll vote for John
McCain. "Whites," one of them claimed, "are not yet mentally
prepared to vote for an ethereal Black dilettante." And then there are
others who argue that Hillary would have been a stronger competitor for McCain
than Obama.
There is no doubt that as far
as the interests of Colombia are concerned, McCain would be the ideal president.
But it’s the same for the middle and upper classes of the United States. McCain
would be ideal, especially after listening to the pacifist and naive Neville
Chamberlain-ideas of Obama in regard to confronting Iran, inasmuch as the
Iranian threat is real and one fears a repeat of the Democratic government of
Jimmy Carter, who was a disastrous dolt as much for the United States as for
the rest of the Western world. We remember one of his last mistakes, what was
that he and [former Colombian President] Cesar Gaviriaconfirmed the fraudulent re-election
of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela .
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The issue is that the
Democrats lack vision in international affairs. For example, look at the issue
of the "assassinations of Colombian trade unionists." For them this
is such a serious fault that they can't sign a Free Trade Agreement with their
first ally in Latin America. It hasn't occurred to the myopic Democrats that by
emphasizing the unproven murders of Colombian trade unionists as an argument
against the FTA, they may well encourage such
killings by President Uribe's own enemies.
What would have
happened if the United States didn't invade Iraq and Afghanistan? Wouldn’t that
have shifted the front lines against Islamic fundamentalists to United States
territory? The fact that the Bush Administration didn’t handle the issue well
after its military invasions is another issue.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, there's no rush for the Colombian government to devise a plan of
approach like that suggested by Portfolio - now it would be a waste of
time. Because I remain pessimistic about the triumph of Obama for the
reasons described.
