tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6126259841886706243..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Canada Abstains - NaturallyThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-12648822355747630742017-12-22T10:05:55.353-08:002017-12-22T10:05:55.353-08:00That is a 'western' perspective, Mound.
&...That is a 'western' perspective, Mound.<br /><br />"Trump does not do well on the world stage."<br /><br />based on my reading of the (English language) Asian media, and speaking with many Asians on a recent trip, tRump is seen very differently there, if noticed at all.<br />He is very much at home with his fellow despots and they with him.<br />Northern PoVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04670080478290108536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24611470859612114972017-12-21T19:02:32.484-08:002017-12-21T19:02:32.484-08:00I heard Canada's ambassador to the UN on CBC r...I heard Canada's ambassador to the UN on CBC radio tonight blathering on about how Canada couldn't support the UNGA motion because "it was too one-sided." He must think we're all morans. The motion condemns the US, not the sides in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The US is the only country to move its embassy to Jerusalem. How could the motion possibly be anything but one-sided?!<br /><br />CapAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21079542586404358112017-12-21T13:01:08.746-08:002017-12-21T13:01:08.746-08:00It's true enough but the Gullibillies don'...<br />It's true enough but the Gullibillies don't constitute the diplomatic community that Trump continues to alienate. The risk in doing that is the loss of allies, particularly the least engaged, and their possible defection to the new ascendant hegemons. Asia is a fine example of this. VietNam counted on US support for it to stand up to China. The same goes for the Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand. There are signs of those states drifting toward China. Trump still behaves as if we were in the immediate post-Soviet era. That chapter is closed and the bluster that might have been forced on lesser nations in the unipolar world can now rebound.<br /><br />Trump does not do well on the world stage. He's self-limited by a very parochial outlook and a dangerously simplistic lack of curiosity. This is apparent in the way he's gutted America's diplomatic corps. He cannot appreciate their critical function. That's hardly a good position to be in when you're the world's largest debtor nation being quietly muscled out of vital regions abroad such as the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, Africa and now even South and Latin America. America still has all of its fleet carrier battle groups but it's someone else bankrolling the development of the emerging economies. <br /><br />Overplaying your hand with pointless threats isn't very smart when someone else is winning the support of those you threaten.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50983734041332179222017-12-21T12:44:51.425-08:002017-12-21T12:44:51.425-08:00Diplomatic blows don't count for Trump. To get...Diplomatic blows don't count for Trump. To get his attention you would have to drop a bomb on Trump Tower.rwwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512582677240907287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15221264543665764272017-12-21T11:33:39.428-08:002017-12-21T11:33:39.428-08:00"… a serious diplomatic blow for Trump."..."… a serious diplomatic blow for Trump."<br /><br />It doesn't hurt Donny among his base of deplorables. They eat this shit up, morning, noon, and night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15751568526542626382017-12-21T10:59:09.706-08:002017-12-21T10:59:09.706-08:00On Raw Story the word is that Canada changed from ...On Raw Story the word is that Canada changed from voting against the resolution to abstention to show disapproval of Trump's threats.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.com