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| Is Obama too clueless to know that he lost face? |
| 2011-01-27 |
 By Nicholas EberstadtThe symbolism of China's state insult to a host of uncomprehending barbarians in the White House itself hardly required explanation. The episode has reportedly already gone viral over the internet in China, where the buzz on this crude and deliberate snub is enthusiastically positive. Hu can now return home confident his visit to America will be regarded as a success domestically-- for reasons his American counterparts do not yet seem to comprehend. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #9 "Is Obama too clueless Yes. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-01-27 18:52 |
| #8 “My Motherland” is not a “Chinese song” in any ordinary meaning of the term. Instead, it is a Mao-era propaganda classic: the theme from "Triangle Hill" (Shangganling), a film in which heroic Chinese forces fight, kill, and eventually beat Americans in pitched battle during the Korean War. He and his staff may be clueless or the other possibility is that they agree with the song. If I remember correctly, Anita Dunn, Obama's former Communications Director, claimed Mao was her hero. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-01-27 12:37 |
| #7 Shav hit the nail on the head. The purple lipped, jug eared head. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2011-01-27 12:21 |
| #6 Kinda like a German expert not knowing the significance of this old tune. More likely Obama sympathized with his guests, knew what the song meant and enjoyed it all the more because he did. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-01-27 12:15 |
| #5 Sounds to me that his entire 'China Expert' staff are clueless. Wait till you meet his (and everybody elses) Middle East experts. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-01-27 11:18 |
| #4 Sounds to me that his entire 'China Expert' staff are clueless. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-01-27 09:03 |
| #3 Obama: "Tom Friedman said it was a patriotic song and I should be proud. Wait...what?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-01-27 08:36 |
| #2 Obama didn't lose face, the US lost face. For two decades he attended the Church of 'God Damn America!'. He left when continuing his membership would have ended his presidential aspirations, and no sooner. That speaks of Obama's deep ideological commitment to Wright's political teachings. He is no friend of the US. He is not on America's side; he's not on the Western World's side. |
| Posted by: Shavique Tojo4178 2011-01-27 07:33 |
| #1 Ooh! Ooh! Can I be first? I know the answer! Yes. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-01-27 06:13 |