Sunday, December 13, 2009

Obama's History Lesson

“America has never fought a war against a democracy, and our closest friends are governments that protect the rights of their citizens."

--- President Barack Obama, December 10, 2009




Uh-huh. Just as long as you don’t count:


  • General Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile
  • Fulgencio Batista, President of Cuba
  • Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic
  • Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, El Salvador
  • Alfredo Cristiani, President of El Salvador
  • George Papadopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece
  • General Efrain Rios Mont, President of Guatamala
  • Vinicio Cerezo, President of Guatamala
  • François & Jean Claude Duvalier, Presidents-for-Life of Haiti
  • Roberto Suazo Cordova, President of Honduras
  • General Suharto, President of Indonisia
  • Mohammad Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran,
  • Hussan II, King of Morocco
  • Anastasio Somoza, Sr. And Jr., Presidents of Nicaragua
  • General Manuel Noriega, Chief of Defense forces, Panama
  • Alfredo Stroessner, President-for-Life of Paraguay
  • Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Phillipines
  • Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
  • P. W. Botha, President of South Africa
  • Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Viet Nam
  • General Francisco Franco, President of Spain
  • Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire



So what do you think?

Is Obama a liar or an idiot?

I don’t see a third choice.



sj

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