Blue Star Chronicles

Even though he is the President-elect, Barack Obama has remained silent on the issue of government bailouts. He has particularly not had much to say about the auto industry bailout. Read about it below and see a photo and video.

Barack Obama

As we all know, Barack Obama generally has voted the non-committal ‘present’ for votes he has had to make in the positions in the Illinois and the United States Senates. We had thought that as President, he would not be able to vote ‘present’ as being President does require one to make a decision periodically, even if the decision is controversial.

Now various American industries going to the government with their hats in their hands asking for tax payer money to bail them out of their financial troubles. You probably remember that during the presidential campaign, when financial institutions threatened to collapse without a bailout from the government, McCain went to his job as a Senator and got right in the middle of the mess. Obama avoided it like the plague and only went to Washington when President Bush called him personally and told him that he really needed to participate in the talks.

In other words, McCain got his hands dirty and Obama stayed far away from anything that might be perceived by voters as controversial.

Now the auto industry is front and center. The democrats, who have been in charge of all this for the past two years, are trying to force through a bail out for the auto industry. The Republicans, many of the more centrist democrats and the President, are against the bailout on the grounds that its not fair to expect the tax payer to ‘reward’ an industry that has used bad business practices that have lead to their own downfall.

The media is using words like Obama is ‘laying low’. In fact, he’s sent out a couple of his top advisers to say things like they are encouraging the auto industry to come up with environmental friendly cars. The democrats are saying that Obama needs to DO something. At least take a stance! They are saying he needs to step up to the plate and take some kind of action as the President-elect! They say it can’t wait until January 20th.

Obama has spoken about the issue only three times, in the three interviews he’s had since his election. Each time his statements were vague in the extreme, non committal and avoiding controversy and being tied down to a stance on the subject at all cost.

He generally says something like that he’s been really busy and sends out Rahm Emanuel again to say something.

As the democrats have put more heat on him to address the subject, he finally made his most direct and meaty statement to date. He said that he was really busy and all, but that everybody needs to keep discussing the issue and see if they can’t come up with some kind of solution to the problem.

Leadership doesn’t seem to be his strong suit. At least when it comes to taking political risks by actually stating a position on something.

This should be a very interesting four years. I hope its not TOO interesting.

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Sarah Palin pardons a turkey named Tom for Thanksgiving. Its a lovely thought even though we know that many thousands of turkeys will find themselves splayed out and golden brown at the center of our dinning room tables next week.

A lot of people on the left are having a great time making fun of the fact that just following Palin’s turkey pardon, she gave a press conference outside of the turkey house and there were turkeys having their heads chopped off right behind her in full view of the cameras.

Here’s the video. If you have never been on a farm and are squeamish, you might not want to watch the video.

Like I said, the left blogsphere is having a ball with this. They are loving using this as an example of how Sarah Palin is a brutal, insensitive and not too bright person. Of course, they will undoubtedly be eating turkey, or some vegan version of turkey, for Thanksgiving. The only difference is they are likely to get their turkey frozen and completely unrecognizable as a turkey, neatly packaged from the grocery store.

Just so you know, turkeys DO come from somewhere.

Ayman Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s number two man, sent a message to Obama and its not full of love for The One. Read about it below, see transcripts, photos and the video.

al-Qaeda Message to Obama

al-Qaeda is not showing the love for Barack Obama. Its pretty disappointing seeing as how the Obama administration would bring about world peace. So far, it seems that world peace might be slightly out of his grasp for the moment anyway. He might have to work a little harder at it than merely being elected.

The left is so funny in how they think the rest of the world looks at things the same way Americans do. Like they were shocked when Venezuelan President and Petty Dictator Hugo Chavez called Obama ‘that black guy’ and the President of Italy referred to him jokingly as having a tan. The left thinks the rest of the world has the same politically correct sickness that Americans are afflicted with. But they aren’t. In fact, I would venture to guess that they don’t get the whole American guilt thing at all.

So now we have al-Qaeda taking their turn to put Obama to the test. Ayman Zawahiri is the heir apparent to the al-Qaeda organization should it ever be confirmed that Osama bin Laden is actually dead. He’s the only al-Qaeda person we’ve heard from in a while. Now he has come out and called Barack Obama a ‘House Negro’ or ‘House Slave’, depending on the transcription.

You can read the full transcript here. It basically translates to say, ‘I slap you across your face with my glove you infidel cur! Ha! Find me if you can! hahahahahahaha’

Of course, the purpose of the al-Qaeda challenge to Obama was undoubtedly as much for the Jihadists followers of al-Qaeda than for Obama. He was obviously letting his followers know that the ‘Great Satan’ is STILL the ‘Great Satan’. It also informs them that Obama winning the war is proof that Americans are surrendering in Iraq and al-Qaeda has won that front in the war.

Of course, this could be a good thing. It might be that the left will finally understand that we ARE at war! At least, they’ll be awfully mad that someone insulted their demagogue. You know what happens on the internet when someone isn’t drinking Obama’s koolaid - can you imagine what they will do about THIS!?!

The 60 million dollar question is how will Obama handle all this challenge. Not just this one, but the ones coming from all corners of the earth. After all, he did promise to understand and appreciate our enemies more so they’d be less angry with us bringing about peace on earth. Here’s what he said shortly after we were attacked by misunderstood, disenchanted, hopeless, angry young men who had been mistreated by the United States on 9/11/2001.

We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others. Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity. It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics. Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.

We will have to make sure, despite our rage, that any U.S. military action takes into account the lives of innocent civilians abroad. We will have to be unwavering in opposing bigotry or discrimination directed against neighbors and friends of Middle Eastern descent. Finally, we will have to devote far more attention to the monumental task of raising the hopes and prospects of embittered children across the globe—children not just in the Middle East, but also in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and within our own shores.

See! If only we understood them better. But wait. Obama does! Then why do they hate him? Oh. I do worry about what will come from this inexperienced man becoming the most powerful man in the world. The last time we faced this kind of crisis of leadership was when John F. Kennedy was tested by Russia. But things happen so much faster now than they did back then. The problem is, will we have time to act. Even worse, will we have time for Barack Obama to think through every aspect of every permutation of every reaction and then discuss with his 300 foreign policy advisers before he does anything. We’ll all be ashes and dust by the time he talks it out.

Here’s the video.

We’ve all heard John McCain talk about Mike Christian who was held as a POW in the Hanoi Hilton with John McCain and others. Here is some biographical information about him, a transcript of his story, some photos and a video.

Mike Christian

John McCain has often told the story of one of his fellow prisoners during the years he spent in the Hanoi Hilton. Mike Christian was a Vietnam War POW with John McCain and the two shared quarters for some time. The story is about Christian’s love of country and of his fellow prisoners of war. He had sewn a flag into the inside of his clothing and the POWs pledged allegiance to the homemade flag every morning. Eventually the Vietcong discovered the flag, they destroyed it and beat Christian. Following the horrific beating, Christian was returned to the cell. After some nursing aid from McCain and other prisoners, Christian sat up and started fashioning another flag into his clothing.

I won’t repeat the entire story here. You can read it and listen to McCain tell the story below.

Listening to John McCain tell the story has gotten a lot of people curious to learn more about Mike Christian, including me. I found a statement from him that I found particularly poignant in today’s environment.

My pilot was Lt. Lewis Irving (Irv) Williams. We were shot down 24 April 1967 at Kep Airfield about 30 miles northeast of Hanoi.

I frequently found myself in the wrong place at the wrong time. I got to know the Vietnamese and their methods quite well during five major and various minor pain sessions. Their attempts at propaganda and indoctrination taught me, as it did so many, just how strongly I support the ideals and policies of my country and our system of government. I learned a great deal about myself and my fellow man. I saw Americans function under conditions of great stress and report with pride their tremendous courage and resourcefulness . Perhaps the two strongest lessons I learned are: One, look around and find those who love you. Be aware of their love and react to it while you still can. Two, the International Communist Revolution is a deadly serious business and we MUST become aware of it. We need not panic, but we absolutely must deal with communism from a position of strength. Peace at any price politics will destroy us.

Michael Durhen Christian was born on October 7, 1940 and died in September 1983. He was 43-years-old. He was from Huntsville, Alabama. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William D. Christian of Huntsville. He had a sister, Pat and a brother Larry.

He attended Butler High School in Huntsville. He went to the University of Alabama and then transfered to Purdue University and got his degree in 1964. He enlisted in the Navy on January 28, 1958 and entered the Naval Enlisted Scientific Education Program (NESEP) which is a commission program. He spent a year and a half in the surface Navy in the USS Dahlgren DLG-12, received B/N Wings in 1966, A-6A B/N in VA-85 aboard the USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63).

He was a A6A pilot and a member of Attack Squadron 85, USS Kitty Hawk and his rank was 02/US Navy. Lieutenant Commander Christian was shot down over North Vietnam on April 24, 1967 and became a prisoner of war. He was moved around to different locations in North Vietnam until he was placed in the Hanoi Hilton for the duration of his imprisonment. He was released on March 4, 1973 after 6 years of imprisonment. He was one of 591 Americans released from Vietnamese prisoner of war camps in 1973.

He had been awarded two Silver Stars, three Bronze Stars, four Air Medals, the Legion of Merit, and the Navy Commendation Medal.

Christian was married to Charlotte Strong Christian of Virginia Beach, Virginia. They had three children, Deborah Kaye, Sandra Dawn and Pamela Joan. Christian died in a fire at his home in Virginia Beach. He attempted to get out of the house, but bars on the windows prevented him for being able to escape the fire.

You can read more about Lieutenant Commander Christian’s imprisonment here.

Photos, Video and Mike Christian story Transcript

John McCain was on Jay Leno tonight for his first public appearance since the election last week. Read about it below and see the video.

John McCain on Jay Leno

I was very pleased that John McCain used a portion of his first interview following the election to defend Sarah Palin. I think he could have gone further, but it appears to me that he sees the hubbub about her wardrobe, etc as being silly nonsense that’s hardly worth talking about.

As he said, everybody who says something ‘anonymously’ to the press is suddenly a ‘top adviser’ or ‘high up in the Republican Party’. He did, however, have nothing but praise for Palin and her family. He didn’t think that the outcome would have been different with someone else as his running mate and he believes she along with some others will be the future leaders of the Republican Party. He named Bobby Jindal and Tim Pawlenty in particular.

LOS ANGELES — John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid, and he dismissed as typical campaign sniping anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat.

“I’m so proud of her and I’m very grateful she agreed to run with me. She inspired people, she still does,” McCain told Jay Leno during an “Tonight Show” interview taped for broadcast Tuesday night. “I couldn’t be happier with Sarah Palin.”

Asked by Leno about griping about Palin from unidentified McCain operatives in the days following the election, the Arizona senator said, “These things happen in campaigns.

“I think I have at least a thousand, quote, top advisers,” he scoffed. “A top adviser said? I’ve never even heard of … a top adviser or high-ranking Republican official.”

However, McCain never directly addressed the embarrassing controversy over Palin’s expensive campaign wardrobe purchased by the Republican National Committee, or statements by unidentified McCain aides who have reportedly said she was not prepared on foreign policy.

The Alaska governor has said in interviews she did not ask for, or want, the $150,000-plus wardrobe for her and her family.

He disputed that a different vice presidential pick would have changed the outcome against Democrats Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

At campaign rallies, “The people were very excited and inspired by her. That’s what really mattered, I think,” McCain said. “She’s a great reformer.”

McCain’s appearance at Leno’s Burbank studio was scheduled to coincide with Veterans Day. It was the former naval aviator’s 14th appearance on “The Tonight Show” but his first TV interview as a vanquished presidential candidate.

See the second part of the Sarah Palin interview with Greta Van Susteren below.

One of the things I like about Greta Van Susteren is that she doesn’t play ‘get cha’ with her interviews. Instead, she seems to try to get to know the person she’s interviewing and give the people watching an opportunity to get to know her. Its not an ego contest as much as an effort to get and provide information. What a novel thought for a news anchor!! /sarcasm

Here is the second segment of the interview. I posted on the first part yesterday.

Too bad this wasn’t aired prior to the election. But then, much of the media didn’t seem particularly interested in much more than getting their man elected and making Palin look as bad as they possibly could. So there ya go.

Sarah Palin remains a threat to the status quo in Washington and the slander will continue. I’m glad she’s got an avenue to get her own voice heard. We really need this kind of change in Washington instead of the same corruption that has turned cities like Detroit and Chicago into their very own mini third world countries.

Barack Obama’s transitional team has announced that they will work to bring Iran into the Afghanistan front of the Global War on Terrorism. Unbelievable. Read about it below.

Ahmadinejad

The Obama team say they are looking at a ‘regional’ solution to the war in Afghanistan. Of course, the ‘war’ in Afghanistan is a front in the larger Global War on Terrorism, but I’m not at all sure that the Obama people understand that.

There are a couple of clues in this administrations statements that give us a clue about what we are in for during the next couple of years. Here’s some of the clues:

• They want to initiate talks between “reconcilable” members of the Taliban and Hamid Karzai, the elected representative of the Afghan government. What I wonder is how they will fit in the ‘talks’ with the Taliban. Would that be before or after they finish their daily executions of villagers who don’t help the kill American Soldiers?
• They are slamming the Bush administration for allowing ‘ideological constraints’ and an ‘unrealistic’ goal of building a democracy in Afghanistan from dealing with the war effectively. Would that be the ‘ideological constraint’ of having a problem with women being hung and/or shot in the back of the head if the wind blows their burka up over their ankles? I’m just wondering.
• Obama’s people believe they can REASON with the Afghan people to reject the islamic extremism. I guess he forgot that if they reject them they get killed, their families get killed and their neighbors get killed. They might be willing to reject islamic extremism the very minute they know an American Marine will stand guard over them.
• They are putting the focus on ‘catching’ Osama bin Laden. He has become pretty much irrelevant and powerless, but having the President of the United States uttering his name all the time and committing the LIVES of U.S. Soldiers to find him will give him renewed clout and power in the islamic jihadist world.

Okay. Are you sitting down? I’m asking because here’s the big one.

• Obama’s people want to bring in regional help in the war. They are looking to Iran for HELP in the war! They say they will work with Iran to bring peace to the area. They say we have a common goal with Iran which is to make the Sunnis disappear from the area.

I have a news flash for Obama’s people. Iran is already involved in the war. If you think they are sitting behind their borders wringing their hands then you are even more naive than previously proven.

An empowered Iran is a nightmare for us all. If Obama and his people actually listen to what Iranian President Ahmadinejad keeps telling us it might help. Obama says he wants better communication with Iran. Then I say PLEASE listen to them. They want to kill us. That’s what he says and what he appears to be making every effort to do.

People say they voted for Obama because they were bored with Bush. Well. We might just get what everyone wanted. We might just have more excitement than we can stand here shortly.

For that, I hope and pray that God will continue to look favorably on us in spite of our misguided, dangerous and self centered choices.

If you missed the interview that Greta Van Susteren did with Sarah Palin last night then you are in luck because I have it right here. This is the first part of a two part interview. The second part will be on Greta’s show, On the Record, tonight (November 11, 2008).

In the first part of the interview, in the video below, Sarah Palin addresses some of the accusations that have been leveled against her in the media while she has not had a chance to defend herself or even explain anything. She does seem to have some frustration with the main stream media and what she called ‘people sitting in their mama’s basements in their pajamas blogging’ who have leveled charges against her that have been apparently made up out of thin air. Even worse, when she has provided evidence to set the record straight it either hasn’t been reported or was not reported for days giving the lies time to sink in before a correction was made.

She talks about the ‘anonymous sources’ that have claimed to be from McCain’s campaign and leveled charges against her. She talked about the charges she didn’t know Africa was a continent or the countries that make up NAFTA. She seemed most frustrated with the malicious things said about her children. She did, however, acknowledge that this is politics, unfortunately, and you have to be prepared for the heat if you step out into the public eye.

I’m looking forward to the rest of the interview tonight. Sarah Palin and her family are charming and have good heads on their shoulders. She understands the fuss about her isn’t about her, per se, as much as it is about what she represents.

Frankly, I think that the continued attacks on her are evidence that she remains a threat. I also believe that the threat she represents is not to just one political party or the other. She is REAL change and many in Washington don’t want the kind of change she and John McCain would have brought about. McCain openly talked about ending corruption and ‘making them famous’ of anyone who asked for excessive pork. I think that both McCain and Palin have a reputation of going against the grain, being intolerant of corruption and having the courage to confront it and deal with it. It seems to me that an awful lot of people who have made themselves, their family and friends wealthy off of tax payer dollars would not want those type of people running things in Washington.

So they picked the safer choice, a man who asked for record breaking amounts of pork his very first year in the Senate. They went for Obama who owes favors to the people who have funded him for all these years. McCain and Palin didn’t take the money and don’t owe favors. They were the REAL change and not the safe choice for people who want business as usual in Washington.

And so. The attacks continue against Palin and she continues to stand up regardless of what they throw at her. McCain has told his campaign staff to stop talking if any of them are. He has sent out his senior campaign advisers to defend Palin. However, I am still waiting for McCain to come forward and make a strong statement in her defense. Its past time for him to do that. He is making his first public appearance tonight on Jay Leno. I hope he will take this matter in hand tonight.

Meanwhile, enjoy the video.

We’ve all heard all the rumors being spread around about what a horrible vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was. These supposed leaks from a McCain campaign adviser have been relentless. She’s been accused of being a diva. They said she and her family shopped at high end stores throughout the campaign and called the whole bunch of them Wasilla Hillbillies. As if she had TIME and everyone wouldn’t have seen them with cameras following them constantly.

This before now unnamed person in McCain’s campaign accused her of refusing to prepare for debates, said she didn’t know Africa was a continent and was just basically a dumb, ignorant, ditsy female who was chosen for her looks and charisma rather than her talent and capabilities.

Now the guy who has made all these allegations has decided to come forward and take his claim to fame and throw in more accusations just for the fun of it. He has even been quoted on celebrity blogs spreading rumors about Joe the Plumber and various women along the campaign trail.

His name is Martin Eisenstadt and he doesn’t exist. He’s a hoax. He managed to pull off an elaborate hoax. He set up a website and even created a website for the Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy, which also doesn’t exist. Someone obviously has way too much time on his hands and is even now rolling on the floor laughing in his grandmothers basement as he watches the uproar he created and damage he did to Sarah Palin’s reputation and John McCain’s campaign.

Unless, of course, it was set up by Obama believers, which is entirely possible. But then, those same people would also be laughing in their grandmothers basements at the big hoax they pulled off.

These rumors and accusations have managed to make their way into news reports on main stream news organizations and countless left wing blogs. Of course, many right wing blogs have picked them up as well. Now they all are having to acknowledge that Martin Eisenstadt doesn’t exist and this whole thing has being nothing more than a Palin accuser hoax. At least some of the blogs are retracting the stories.

Its no surprise that MSNBC ran with the story.

It would be good to remember that whoever controls the media, controls the world. That’s kind of a scary thought in this advanced media world.

Diatha Harris is a fifth grade school teacher in Cumberland Country, North Carolina. She was caught on tape encouraging students to support Barack Obama over John McCain for President.

The video was shot as part of a documentary by a Swedish television crew. It has been making the rounds on the internet and inspired outrage and anger by many who have watched it. One little girl tells the teacher that the reason she is for John McCain is that her parents are. The teacher tells her that McCain will keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years and since that little girls father is a Soldier that he will be away in Iraq for 100 years.

The classroom discussion begins with Harris asking the class who they support for president. When two students say McCain, she responds with “Oh Lord” and “Oh Jesus.”

She asks them why they are you pulling for McCain or Obama. One student says she supports Obama because “he is making good changes” like “not having a fight between Iraq, and having soldiers killed.”

“So in other words,” Harris says, “Barack is going to end that war in Iraq.”

One girls says she supports McCain. When asked why, she tells her teacher “I think it’s because of my parents are going for him, too.’’

Harris points out that the girl’s father is in the military, then says to the class that Iraq is a “senseless war.”

“And by the way,” Harris tells the girl, “the person that you’re picking for president said that our troops could stay in Iraq for another hundred years if they need to. So that means that your daddy could stay in the military for another hundred years.”

The girl appears to be embarrassed and doesn’t respond.

Diatha Harris claims that the video is edited to make her look bad. Meanwhile, the school principle and superintendent are looking into the incident.

There are a couple of major problems we have in this country right now. One is that our educational system seems to be heavily influenced by far left political views. The other is that the media evidentially leans heavily to the left. Both of these areas have enormous influence on the thinking and views of the public.

If children are educated by teachers who use subtle brainwashing techniques to influence their thinking, embarrass them when they have opposing views, tell them their parents will be away for 100 years if they have one view or the other, then our students will gradually move towards the left in spite of the influence of their parents. Then to make matters worse, the main stream media pumps 24/7 slanted coverage into our homes that has given up even the facade of unbiased coverage.

How do we fix this problem when we simply watch the the movement to the hard left with anger but no action? We continue to tune in to the far left news agencies and give them credibility regardless of our outrage at their biased reporting.

When any group has control of the schools and the news, then they have control of the people. Our apathy and taking our rights and privileges for granted have put us in a situation in which many of those rights and privileges are being taken away right from under our eyes.

Watch Diatha Harris work her students, using fear and shaming those who disagree with her and praising those who agree with her.

A Million Voices for Palin was made by a mom and her home schooled kids. They’ll remember we were here! Heh! What a fantastic job! Video and lyrics are included here. Enjoy!

Lyrics are here

Within hours of Barack Obama’s Presidential acceptance speech, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev threw down a gauntlet. Read about it and see a video below.

Dmitry Medvedev

It hasn’t taken long for the world powers to start positioning themselves to put the new U.S. President to the test. Approximately six hours after Barack Obama finished his acceptance speech given to the throngs gathered at Grant Park in Chicago, Russian President Dmitry Medvedeve made sure he was the first to challenge Obama.

It seems only fitting that it should come from the Russians. After all, the United States and Russia have been each other’s favorite enemies for many, many years now. We got a little distracted after the Berlin Wall came down and there was a truss in the Cold War. Then there’s been the whole Radical Jihadi threat that caught our attention.

While we’ve been keeping an eye on the Jihadis, Russia has been rebuilding her strength. She tested it out this summer by trying to overrun Georgia. That move would have given Russia control of the oil pipelines coming out of Iran and going into Western Europe. The European leaders certainly knew what was at stake, even though the public stayed blissfully ignorant of the danger we were all in. The bloodbath in Georgia continued until George W. Bush sent three U.S. Naval ships to the Caspian sea with ‘humanitarian aid’ for the people of Georgia. We all know that it doesn’t take American war ships to deliver humanitarian aid. It does take American war ships to send a message to Russia though.

Russia pulled back and has been gripping about it every since. Western Europe sighed a sigh of relief and the public never quite realized what happened. And only the leaders of Western Europe, Georgia, Poland and the Ukraine knew enough to thank George W. Bush for saving them.

The Russian President and his Prime Minister and former President, Vladimir Putin, had endorsed the election of Barack Obama. Now that he’s been elected they are laying down the law. In his State of the Nation address on Wednesday, Medvedev make it clear that Moscow would not alter its hard-line rhetoric towards Obama’s administration. He called the U.S. foreign policy selfish and ominously announced that Moscow will set up a new missile base on their border with Poland.

Medvedev has also pledged to electronically jam the U.S. missile shield. In addition, Moscow has tossed plans to stand down three missile regiments. He also says that he will deploy short range missiles in Russia’s Baltic Sea territory. This move … this chess game … puts Russian missiles between two NATO members, Poland and Lithuania.

Of course, they blame all these moves on the United States and claim they are only putting their missiles in strategically critical areas in case the U.S. continues to build a missile defense system in Poland. In case you aren’t aware, the missile defense system in Poland was put into place after Russia invaded Georgia and then threatened the Ukraine and Poland. Western European leaders are fully aware that would give Russia complete control of the oil and gas supplies into Western Europe. They asked for our help and we gave it. Now Russia is trying to make that into a public relations excuse for them to go on the offensive.

And finally, in a move that is worthy of the best of the KGB, Medvedev said that Obama could stop all of this very simply. All he has to do is bow down before them.

“I would like to stress we have no problems with the American people. We don’t have innate anti-Americanism and we hope that our partners, the new US administration, will make a choice in favour of fully-fledged relations with Russia,” Mr Medvedev said.

So now we get to see how Obama responds. Will he give Russia the upper hand or tell them Americans bow before no one and force them to back off of taking power over Western Europe.

I hope Obama has some courage.

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