3/19/10: Obama Cancels Trip to Indonesia
President Obama has called off his trip to Indonesia to focus on ObamaCare. Another case of putting politics ahead of national security, but that should surprise no one. After all, this is a President who supports civilian trials for Islamist terrorists.
But what is somewhat surprising is how quickly and thoroughly Obama has damaged America's reputation in Indonesia - the country in which he was raised - by delaying and then canceling a trip that was a pretty big deal for the Indonesian government. The decision reeks of arrogance and egomania:
The amount of work that goes into arranging a presidential overseas visit is stunning. The entire Indonesian government has re-arranged events and schedules, twice already, to accommodate our president's whims. Now, they are left with holes in their own schedules, and are embarrassed before all the people they put on hold in order to clear time for activities related to the visit.
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation. It and its leaders have been humiliated twice, in order for Obama to focus on a bill most Americans do not want to see passed.
Obama is looking more like Captain Ahab obsessed with Moby Dick, in the great American novel. He should be advised that it didn't end well for Ahab.
Source: American Thinker
Good analogy, but we don't need to recall classic American novels to understand Obama's obsession with a socialist takeover of 1/6 of the US economy. All you need to do is read about Obama's father - Barack Obama, Sr. While our president was being raised in Indonesia under the name Barry Soetero, Obama Sr. was destroying his career and his life because he was on an out-of-control egomaniac and he could not get along with his fellow socialists in Kenya. Much like Ahab, things didn't end well for him - click here to read more about it.
