The Bigger Horse Versus The Shetland Pony

Victor Davis Hanson documents how h Obama’s crippling naiveté on human nature is devolving into dark comedy:

The almost eerie hatred for Obama seen in Egypt — among the military, the Islamists, the Egyptian Street, and even the secular pro-Western reformists — in part derives from a sense that Obama tried to cajole them all with cheap commonalities [the Muslim elements in his family history, his cosmopolitan childhood, his ethnically-mixed ancestry] and mytho-histories rather than negotiate often conflicting national interests through tough transparent talks.

A good way to get beaten up in the hallway at a tough school is to assure the local king-of-the-hill thug that both of you really have a lot in common. In some sense, Obama’s entire Middle East policy mirrors the hilarious scene in Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, where the white punk attired in pseudo-gang attire believes he can out-jive gangbangers into leaving his girl alone. He can’t. Obama has unfortunately become such a wannabe in the eyes of unapologetic Middle East gangsters.

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7 thoughts on “The Bigger Horse Versus The Shetland Pony

  1. Mr Putin has made it clear to the world that Mr Obama is not a man of substance or gravitas who needs to be treated with any more respect than you would show a concierge at a 3 star hotel.

  2. “There are many ways to learn about the bleaker aspects of human nature. One would be to run a pizza shop, or regularly to have to clean a public restroom.”
    No truer words have ever been spoken.

  3. In Saudi Arabia there is enough money to keep the leaders rich, the army and the clerics comfortable, and the peasants mollified. Nothing will change until we shift away from oil as an important energy source.

  4. “Nothing will change until we shift away from oil as an important energy source.”

    Or send enough money to North Dakota to make them rich, their army and Lutheran Ministers comfortable, and put a big screen TV in every driveway and a Diesel F350 in every living room. Or whatever.

  5. “Nothing will change until we shift away from oil as an important energy source.” As Tonto said at one point – “Who’s this “we” you talking about Kimosabe?”.
    So long as petroleum drives the world economy – which it will for the foreseeable future – despot, socialist and just plain murderous regimes the world over will continue to do business with the house of Saud. Hell, Al Jazeera paid $500 Million for ALGores crappy Current TV; and according to a report I heard on NPR this morning, Al Jazeeras owner (the Government / Royal Family of Quatar) doesn’t care if it makes money or has ratings. They obviously believe that someone is going to have a bucket under the spigot…forever.
    PS: Everyone knows NoDakians are far too practical to have a big screen TV – it won’t fit on top of the console TV they are using as a TV stand now.

  6. Nordakota, yes, and also ANWR, off the coast of Florida and California, and we might get to cut out almost all of OPEC from our oil situation…..

  7. “Everyone knows NoDakians are far too practical to have a big screen TV – it won’t fit on top of the console TV they are using as a TV stand now”

    Seflores wins the internets for today.

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