American Wimp

Obama is shoving the Dalai Lama under the bus. He will not meet with the Dalai Lama when he comes to D.C., though Bush, Clinton and Bush all did. From the WSJ:

President Obama has been in office nearly eight months; that's twice as long as it took for Messrs. Bush or Clinton to meet the Dalai Lama. The Tibetans certainly understand what's going on: Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche said Tuesday that "a lot of nations are adopting a policy of appeasement" toward China "even the U.S. government." This is change we can believe in?

This news came just before Obama ditched Bush's missile defense plan in Europe - a topic I do not have a strong opinion on. Yet, it's worth pointing out that in April Obama said this in Prague:

So let me be clear: Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran's neighbors and our allies. The Czech Republic and Poland have been courageous in agreeing to host a defense against these missiles...Check out the clip here.

"So let me be clear" is Obama's signal that duplicity is on horizon. In Wilsonian terms: He's about to lie - directly or by misleading his audience. In classic BHO form he actually didn't promise he'd go forward with the missile defense program Poland and the Czech Republic wanted. He compliments the host countries - leading them to believe he's on their team. Then, months later....well...you know the drill: The public option was never essential...Congress must take the lead on DOMA... He never explicitly promised to stop mountain top removal....and so on and so forth...The Czech Prime Minster was awakened in the middle of the night with the call from Obama that his country had been ditched. Nice touch.

I'm sure there were high fives all around with the Chinese and the Russians this week. Obama boned both the Dalai Lama and 2 small European countries that fear Russia. Good week, Barack.

The Chinese and Russians must be over the moon. They have in Obama a President they can push around.