tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post204416629344072395..comments2024-03-27T02:18:35.808-07:00Comments on LAS ARMAS DE CORONEL: David Rothkopf's Foreign Policy sides with the Venezuelan dictatorship Gustavo Coronelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00048121984705082839noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-4840697067363948792015-09-01T06:04:22.659-07:002015-09-01T06:04:22.659-07:00Gustavo, I am one of your greatest fans. I read y...Gustavo, I am one of your greatest fans. I read you "religiously" and agree with absolutely everything you say about Venezuela.<br /><br />But you call yourself a "moderate Republican" whatever this means". I find that vagueness unusual as you have strong opinions and you should know what "moderate" means, but maybe find it uncomfortable to define.<br /><br />Let me ask you: are you a "moderate" when it comes to Venezuelan issues?<br /><br />Do you think a "moderate" is going to resolve the Venezuelan crisis?<br /><br />Do you think the "statesman" you would love to see in the White House can be a moderate?<br /><br />You are absorbed with Venezuela you say so you are not up to speed in US domestic policy. I can see that. But domestic policy is where its at.<br /><br />Virginia is where you live now and that little paradise of yours is changing as well as the entire United States is changing and you -especially you because of your experience and because of your talent and great communication skills- you have the credibility to sound the alarm about the parallels between Obama, the Democratic party and the US sycophantic media and Chavez, the PSUV and VTV et all. <br /><br />Just like in Venezuela we have in the US a "moderate" opposition that always ends up validating what the administration does.<br /><br />The way they stuffed the courts with ideological comrades. They way Obama uses Executive Powers -powers that every other president had but he is using them in violation of the spirit of Executive Powers to completely bypass Congress so he ends up doing whatever he wants just like Chavez/Maduro did/do.<br /><br />But you don't have time for domestic policy, besides you are a "moderate" whatever that means. What is means Mr. Coronel is that you prefer to "avert your eyes" at the "clowns", at the "extremists" that are desperate at the direction we are going. But they are too vulgar for your taste. <br /><br />Thanks for nothing.<br />G. Kaplannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-80762707325760659002015-08-31T15:25:04.174-07:002015-08-31T15:25:04.174-07:00How could Mr. Kaplan get the idea that I think Rep...How could Mr. Kaplan get the idea that I think Republicans are "terrible"? Where have I said this? <br />In this wonderful country that has received me with open arms I see a political environment which is far removed from the wonderful bipartisan approach of the last century, where the great issues were discussed in an atmosphere of high decor and tolerance. This is no longer the case. I see Democrats and republicans ideologically entrenched as never before. I am by nature a conservative, a republican but I have no patience for clowns like Trump or for Hillary's false persona. I am a modrate Republican, whatever this means. I would love to see a statesman in the White House.<br />In this blog, by the way, I have been very critical of Mr. Obamas's policy towards Latin America. I am so absorbed by Venezyuelan politics that I have not attempted to discuss U.S. domestic policy. <br /> Gustavohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03110831035822645767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-48520816704628298272015-08-31T13:51:36.246-07:002015-08-31T13:51:36.246-07:00Jacob, absolutely agree. State has been a nest of ...Jacob, absolutely agree. State has been a nest of anti-americanism (that is was I call socialists/communists/liberals) since the 30s. Alger Hiss rings any bells? But I go further. Hollywood, the Media, the Federal bureaucracy, the Courts it is a complete disaster. <br />Just today Obama renamed the tallest mountain in the USA, who else do you think would have done something like that? Does it remind you of anyone? And why did he do it? Because McKinley was "imperialist".<br />The IRS staffed with Obama supporters exchanges confidential donor information of anti gay marriage group with the gay supporting groups, the IRS harasses and delays tax exempt status to hundreds of conservative groups and the FBI and the Dept. of Justice look the other way. In what other country does this kind of thing happen?<br />And the media also looks the other way and complain about the only TV outlet that does not toe the line and threaten with pulling the license. Does that remind you of Globovision?<br />And how about the pathetic Republican opposition that does not do anything to stop the lawlessness for fear of the media. Does it remind you of any another opposition to the south?<br /><br />What kills me is that Mr. Coronel does not seem to see this happening in the country that took him in. He feels that Republicans are horrible and Obama is hmmm sort-of OK.<br />Mr. Coronel should be sounding the alarm right in Virgina but he isn't.<br />The sad part is that he will end up living in the same third world hellhole in Virginia that he left behind in Venezuela.<br /><br /><br /><br />G. Kaplannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125355648059480100.post-71232446134565026642015-08-31T04:28:57.771-07:002015-08-31T04:28:57.771-07:00
The editorial and policy outlook of Foreign Poli... <br />The editorial and policy outlook of <i>Foreign Policy</i> demonstrates one of the most unfortunate truths about what has happened to the United States over the past two decades. We have devolved into a nation whose opinions on foreign policy are shaped to a significant degree by a left-leaning media establishment bent on twisting reality through the exclusion of factual reporting and fair analysis.<br /><br />I have voiced my disgust over such behavior too many times to count. But my stomach is sickened every time I encounter it anew.<br /> Jacob Sulzbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797414738375951231noreply@blogger.com