Tag: USA

A Next Generation Captain For A Trek Classic Kind Of World

Obama vs. Putin:

An out-of-his-depth desk jockey from Star Fleet parleys with Klingons (while Kirk convalesces in Sick Bay).

CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK

— Barack Obama desperately hitting Reset Button

The 1930s called. They want their foreign policy back.

An Expat Russian’s Open Letter To His Former Countrymen

This part of Maksim Frank-Kamenetsky's letter is particularly astute:

"Russians are furious that Americans care about Crimea. It's a world away from them and a year ago no one in the United States had — and still has — the faintest idea where it's located. Russians don't understand this is not what it's all about. Americans don't give a damn about Crimea and they don't care a straw about Ukraine either (or about Russia, for that matter). But they do give a damn about stability in Europe. Americans are not good at geography, but they a have a good memory and they remember that twice in the 20th century thousands of American boys died in Europe because Europe was incapable of solving its own problems." [emphasis added]

KMT Continues To Lie About The Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement

Yesterday:

With the implementation delay of the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement, many countries have placed a hold on their current trade negotiations with Taiwan, said Economic Minister Chang Chia-juch (張家祝) yesterday.

Today, one of Taiwan's trade partners called Chang on his bullshit:

The current dispute over the cross-strait service trade agreement would not negatively affect the US’ position on Taiwan’s bid to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) spokesman Mark Zimmer said.