Friday, May 04, 2012

Remember Folks...

Just because a guy is a heroic blind activist opposing a cruel and totalitarian regime, it does not mean that he is not also a total flake.
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was just thinking that, too.

Bashing the Embassy or State is fun, but Chen could be a flake, too.

Which means this will be a really exciting trainwreck featuring incompetence, flip-flopping, wishful thinking, brutal craven self-interest, and reality.

11:26 AM
Chaon said...

Right. The thing is, you know where you stand with corrupt murderous dictators. But flakes screw up the whole calculus.

12:11 PM
Anonymous said...

Qaddafi, he combined both flake and corrupt murderous dictators. That was his genius.

4:26 PM
Cincinnatus said...

And just because he's a total flake, blind, heroic activist does not mean that the Obama administration's "smart diplomacy" does not resemble a Marx Brothers' movie highlight reel.

4:57 AM
Chaon said...

In context, there has not been a U.S. administration in my lifetime that has handled China well. Except maybe Lyndon Johnson's, which I honestly don't know much about.

And nothing is worse than elder Bush's actions in '89.

9:56 AM
Anonymous said...

In context, in 1989 a Chinese dissident stayed 6 years in our embassy before being allowed to go to the USA.

I wonder if they told Chen that to encourage him to leave. That would sure encourage me to think twice. Not if I would be jailed in
China or shot, though.

Also, the last two presidents have done a decent job keeping China involved with North Korea, which must make everything else be a royal PITA.

12:06 PM

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