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July 8, 2008 - 9:47 pm - by Richard Fernandez
Alexis
2008-07-09 08:40:11

I think BHO’s reactions are almost unnatural.

I think they are very natural if one looks at the situation from a Javanese (pro-Axis pro-Japanese Bandung-style anti-Americanism) perspective. American patriotism from a Javanese perspective would equate patriotism with saving America from being itself, not with protecting America from foreign intruders. To such a man, patriotism means telling Americans, “You need to make sure your child can speak Spanish.”

Remember, Iran only held white American hostages in a cynical attempt to play black against white, so Senator Obama’s lack of hostility against the Iranian government can be legitimately interpreted to be black racism. I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama regarded hostility against the Iranian regime as a symptom of being a “typical white person”.

As it is, it looks as though Ahmadinejad thinks he can dictate terms of American capitulation.