I know many still adore Obama, but, no one gets a free ride when it comes to their actions in public office. Criticizing our democratic leaders when their actions are unbecoming of progressive points of view is one thing that sets us apart from conservatives when their leaders act in a manner unbecoming of their points of view.
Flame away if you wish, but, you'll only look like those at FR who stuck up for their guy no matter what he did or didn't do. As for me, I'll take the same position that Amy Goodman takes - no on gets a free ride against criticism when it comes to public office.
President Barack Obama declared at the Summit of the Americas meeting in Trinidad and Tobago in April that there would no longer be junior and senior partners in the Americas–but his actions are sending a different message.
The most egregious case is Honduras, where the U.S. has played ball with the coup-makers who overthrew democratically elected President Manuel Zelaya earlier this month. The Obama administration also failed to speak out against last month’s Peruvian police massacre of more than 50 indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon who were protesting the incursion of petroleum transnational corporations into their territory.
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In the U.S., the appearance of the leaders has changed, but the politics of empire have not. When he told us in Trinidad and Tobago that they are no longer senior and junior partners, President Obama lied to Latin America. Now there is not only a senior partner, there is a patron (boss), a policeman…
http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2009/obamas-not-so-new-latin-america-policy-as-seen-from-bolivia/Also, lets not forget his reneging on his campaign pledges against NAFTA.