With Friends Like US, Who Needs Enemies :: WatchBlog
Not only is anti-Americanism generally cost free; it provides some immunity from criticism. Leftists worldwide, and also in America, tend to lay off despots standing on their hind legs to criticize the U.S., while America’s friends are harshly scrutinized. Consider the disgraceful treatment Columbia’s President Alvaro Uribe got from such discriminating people as Pelosi & Gore.
Pelosi, who figuratively kissed Assad in Syria, scolded a democratically elected U.S. ally like Uribe. She made no mention of the friendship she extended to her new BFF Bashar. Al Gore made a special point of dissing Uribe by canceling a joint appearance and generally treating a good ally as the skunk at a garden party.
What did Uribe do to deserve this? The proximate cause is a proposed free trade agreement with the U.S. Democratic political allies hate this sort of freedom thing and they are not above a flanking attack that trashes a U.S. ally in order to stop it. But I wish it was ONLY craven calculation of economic self interest.
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