If you are not a Ukranian, consider yourself very lucky, as you wake up, this morning.
Ukranians have President Obama as a friend and ally. They know how lucky that is, because you can always count on a friend, right?
Except........
When that friend is President Obama.
Germany counted the USA and most particularly President Obama, as a friend. Remember that big Obama love-fest before he was elected as President? The one where he had the rock-star stage? That was in Germany.
So how does Obama repay this adulation? Well his security services, in the relentless pursuit of America's terrorist enemies, bug the phone of German Chancellor Merkel. Now Merkel, having grown-up in the old East Germany, probably knows a thing or two about being bugged, so she is unlikely to have said too much that was incriminating, on any of the calls that Obama's spies listened-in to. Or maybe she did. Maybe she thought, friends don't spy on friends. Hmm!
So to Ukraine. President Obama and his ineffectual Secretary of State, John Kerry, are threatening all sorts of sanctions against Russia. Now call me naive but what was the result of ever increasing sanctions against Iran? Oh yes! Iran is currently enjoying a sanctions vacation, courtesy of the Obama administration and still able to pursue its goal of obtaining a nuclear capability. Iran's number one enemy after the USA? Israel, another friend of the USA that is being treated to Obama's own, very special, interpretation of friendship.
President Hosni Mubarak also thought of America and Obama as a friend and then his friend 'threw him under a Muslim Brotherhood bus!
Take it closer to home. Christopher Stevens was appointed US Ambassador to Libya by President Obama and the then Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. It would be wrong to question the naivete of a person that cannot defend themselves, but surely Stevens could have done some homework on Clinton. She was thrown off of the Watergate inquiry because of her having a very loose affiliation with the truth - that should have made him wary. However, in Stevens' defence he probably thought that he could rely on his friends in Washington and the White House. That didn't work out so well though!
The US consulate in Benghazi was attacked by well-armed militants and Stevens and three other US personnel were brutally killed. Even in death though, Obama and Clinton's special notion of what friendship means, had to be played out. So the airwaves rang-out with stories of a spontaneous mob that were protesting about a video. This mob were so spontaneous, they came very well armed, including carrying Rocket Propelled Grenades because that's kind of spontaneous, right? Then Obama and Clinton go through the public expressions of sympathy that is called for, when 'friends' are taken from us. Except, we have since learned, this was for show. As said this was no spontaneous demonstration. This was a well-planned attack and it was sustained but in a stunning display of friendship, Obama ordered the military to stand down and not to go to the aid of the beleaguered consulate. Indeed, if the twittersphere is to be believed, the US General in charge, in that theatre of operations, was relieved of his command when he indicated an intention to send military personnel to rescue Americans that were in danger.
I don't know about you but Obama's idea of friendship doesn't match anything that I recognise.
So back to the poor Ukranians. If you believe in karma and that sort of stuff, then Ukraine must have been really bad in a former life. In addition to having the highly dubious honour of the friendship of Obama they also have the European Union as an ally. Now if you want to know how the European Union treats its friends, consider how it treated Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Italy during the recent economic crisis. Ask the people of Cyprus, that saw their life savings stolen at the whim of the EU, if they think this was the act of a friend.
Say what you like about the United Kingdom but when Ireland needed help, the UK provided it - because that's how friends treat friends! Of course there was likely some self-interest involved but still!
If I was a political leader in any of the current hot-spots, I would be seriously reconsidering my country's friendship with the USA. If I was the president if the Philippines, would I really believe that my American 'friends' would come to my aid, if the Chinese continued their South China Sea expansionist activity?
In closing, I need to bring some balance to this piece. Plainly the foregoing is somewhat slanted against Obama and just shows how he mis-treats his friends. In truth though it isn't always that way. The successful investor, Warren Buffet is a big supporter of Obama. This is one friend that Obama does consider or so it would seem. The Keystone Pipeline Phase 4 has been awaiting US government approval for all of Obama's presidency but this can has been repeatedly kicked down the road and no decision made. One has to wonder if the fact that Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway group owns the rail company called Burlington Northern, has anything to do with it. Is it a coincidence that BN rail cars are currently transporting the oil that would otherwise flow through the pipeline? If I was on 'Who wants to be a millionaire' I would have to 'ask a friend' but I would make sure that it wasn't America's president!
Yes, if I was a Ukranian, I would be seriously considering what friendship means!
Ukranians have President Obama as a friend and ally. They know how lucky that is, because you can always count on a friend, right?
Except........
When that friend is President Obama.
Germany counted the USA and most particularly President Obama, as a friend. Remember that big Obama love-fest before he was elected as President? The one where he had the rock-star stage? That was in Germany.
So how does Obama repay this adulation? Well his security services, in the relentless pursuit of America's terrorist enemies, bug the phone of German Chancellor Merkel. Now Merkel, having grown-up in the old East Germany, probably knows a thing or two about being bugged, so she is unlikely to have said too much that was incriminating, on any of the calls that Obama's spies listened-in to. Or maybe she did. Maybe she thought, friends don't spy on friends. Hmm!
So to Ukraine. President Obama and his ineffectual Secretary of State, John Kerry, are threatening all sorts of sanctions against Russia. Now call me naive but what was the result of ever increasing sanctions against Iran? Oh yes! Iran is currently enjoying a sanctions vacation, courtesy of the Obama administration and still able to pursue its goal of obtaining a nuclear capability. Iran's number one enemy after the USA? Israel, another friend of the USA that is being treated to Obama's own, very special, interpretation of friendship.
President Hosni Mubarak also thought of America and Obama as a friend and then his friend 'threw him under a Muslim Brotherhood bus!
Take it closer to home. Christopher Stevens was appointed US Ambassador to Libya by President Obama and the then Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. It would be wrong to question the naivete of a person that cannot defend themselves, but surely Stevens could have done some homework on Clinton. She was thrown off of the Watergate inquiry because of her having a very loose affiliation with the truth - that should have made him wary. However, in Stevens' defence he probably thought that he could rely on his friends in Washington and the White House. That didn't work out so well though!
The US consulate in Benghazi was attacked by well-armed militants and Stevens and three other US personnel were brutally killed. Even in death though, Obama and Clinton's special notion of what friendship means, had to be played out. So the airwaves rang-out with stories of a spontaneous mob that were protesting about a video. This mob were so spontaneous, they came very well armed, including carrying Rocket Propelled Grenades because that's kind of spontaneous, right? Then Obama and Clinton go through the public expressions of sympathy that is called for, when 'friends' are taken from us. Except, we have since learned, this was for show. As said this was no spontaneous demonstration. This was a well-planned attack and it was sustained but in a stunning display of friendship, Obama ordered the military to stand down and not to go to the aid of the beleaguered consulate. Indeed, if the twittersphere is to be believed, the US General in charge, in that theatre of operations, was relieved of his command when he indicated an intention to send military personnel to rescue Americans that were in danger.
I don't know about you but Obama's idea of friendship doesn't match anything that I recognise.
So back to the poor Ukranians. If you believe in karma and that sort of stuff, then Ukraine must have been really bad in a former life. In addition to having the highly dubious honour of the friendship of Obama they also have the European Union as an ally. Now if you want to know how the European Union treats its friends, consider how it treated Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Italy during the recent economic crisis. Ask the people of Cyprus, that saw their life savings stolen at the whim of the EU, if they think this was the act of a friend.
Say what you like about the United Kingdom but when Ireland needed help, the UK provided it - because that's how friends treat friends! Of course there was likely some self-interest involved but still!
If I was a political leader in any of the current hot-spots, I would be seriously reconsidering my country's friendship with the USA. If I was the president if the Philippines, would I really believe that my American 'friends' would come to my aid, if the Chinese continued their South China Sea expansionist activity?
In closing, I need to bring some balance to this piece. Plainly the foregoing is somewhat slanted against Obama and just shows how he mis-treats his friends. In truth though it isn't always that way. The successful investor, Warren Buffet is a big supporter of Obama. This is one friend that Obama does consider or so it would seem. The Keystone Pipeline Phase 4 has been awaiting US government approval for all of Obama's presidency but this can has been repeatedly kicked down the road and no decision made. One has to wonder if the fact that Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway group owns the rail company called Burlington Northern, has anything to do with it. Is it a coincidence that BN rail cars are currently transporting the oil that would otherwise flow through the pipeline? If I was on 'Who wants to be a millionaire' I would have to 'ask a friend' but I would make sure that it wasn't America's president!
Yes, if I was a Ukranian, I would be seriously considering what friendship means!
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