The Apology Tour Continues

The President just completed the latest leg of his tour as Apologist-in-Chief for our country. This trip was to Trinidad where he and our country were berated and blamed for everything wrong in Latin America. Daniel Ortega, dictator of Nicaragua, ranted on and on about how evil the U.S. is and doing everything but spitting on our flag. That he would have gladly done had he one available. Obama, like the good apologist he is, took his medicine and stayed for all of it. Listened to every vile and despicable comment from these tyrants that keep their people oppressed and in poverty. He looked like a little boy called to the principal's office for punishment. I was embarrassed for him!

The Latin America history with the U.S. is long and storied. Much of the economic development in Central and South America over the past 100 years was initiated by companies from the U.S. Communications, oil exploration, auto manufacturing, just to name a few were investments by American companies, raising the standard of living and bringing jobs to the area. As thanks for their contribution many of the industries were "nationalized" (stolen) by the likes of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela. Did the companies take advantage of cheap labor and resources? Yes! That is called making a profit, a return for your shareholders. When a company invests billions of dollars they expect a return on that money. Without the investments by the U.S., Japan, and European countries much of the area would still be digging with sticks to try and eek out an existence. In my opinion they owe us a debt of gratitude, not this hate and spite!

I guess now that he has hit Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, the next step on the Apology Tour has to be Asia. Can't you just imagine the President at some memorial in Hiroshima laying prostrate and begging the Japanese for forgiveness for dropping an atomic bomb on them 64 years ago? I would put nothing past him.