[whiteperil] Sean: Lost in translation

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Posted by Sean:
Lost in translation
http://whiteperil.com/posts/1217192151.shtml


   Rondi Adamson [1]says what I was thinking about the Obama trip, just
   in case it wasn't already [2]clear:

     I'm not so sure Obama supporters ought to get so ga-ga over the
     fact that he attracted such a huge, chanting crowd in Berlin.
     Germans have a history of turning out in zombatroid droves for
     really creepy people. Their taste isn't always admirable.

   There's also the fact that Obama talked about the airlift and the fall
   of the Berlin Wall without really acknowledging how we'd gotten to
   those points. Had the Third Reich not been crushed militarily, there
   would have been no divided Berlin to scuffle over. Had Reagan not
   ramped up the arms race, the Soviet bloc would still have fallen, it's
   generally agreed, but not nearly as quickly as it did. Obama's not
   wrong that "partnership" is important, but his [3]speech (especially
   the soundbites) gives no indication that he has a clear sense of when
   it's better to extend olive branches or to brandish spears.

References

   1. http://wonkitties.blogspot.com/2008/07/just-thought.html
   2. http://whiteperil.com/posts/1216831150.shtml
   3. http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm