Obama wasn't in the country more than a few hours when he unleashed this whopper;
The United States has never been so excited about dealing with the countries of this region as equal partners...
You can bet more than a few of the locals choked on their burritos on hearing that one.
Equal partners?
As if!
Truth is, America has a problem south of the Rio Grande. While the US has been distracted bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq and Afghanistan, a lot of our once-dependable allies in Central and South America have started acting like sovereign nations.
And not just sovereign nations, but free and democratic ones at that!
Hey, bad shit can happen when Uncle Sam turns his back.
In fact, some of these sovereign states are doing stuff that just doesn't fly with the beltway think-tank crowd.
They talk to Cuba.
They talk to Chavez.
They don't automatically sign on to the latest anti-Iranian pogroms.
And horror of horrors, they are now talking amongst themselves about legalizing drugs!
OH. MY. GOD!!!
These are the countries that have paid the blood price for the idiotic war on drugs that America has been forcing down their throats for the last forty years.
They know the war on drugs has been a fraud and a failure. They're tired of it. They want to try something sensible, something that might save lives and money.
So when Obama comes into town blowing kisses and talking about working with the junior partners as "equals" you know right away he's full of shit.
American democracy has been terminally corrupted by interest groups that succeed time after time in having Washington get behind policies that are not in the interests of the American street.
The legalization of drugs is one of those issues. There are powerful lobby groups who are doing just fine with the status quo.
The prison guard unions.
The for-profit prison system, sometimes referred to as "the prison industrial complex."
Big pharma.
What are the chances that Obama will make a decision that will alienate those lobby groups, no matter how obviously sensible it might be for average Americans or the rest of the planet?
Absolutely nil.
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