12 November 2014

President Obama: 'We recognize Tibet - as part of the People's Republic of China'

Via Breaking News.

Let me see: who is next to be thrown under the bus? Hm...

Update: confirmed by WaPo:

On Wednesday, at a joint news conference, Obama more forcefully pushed Xi to confront China’s record on human rights, but he also struck notes of conciliation, including emphasizing that the United States does not support independence for Tibet.
Update 2: Five articles in CNN on China visit: Tibet not mentioned even once.

12 comments:

peterthehungarian said...

Tibetans are not Palestinians. Why should Obama want them independence?

EliseRonan said...

This is for real?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Indeed, why?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Just added a confirmation from US source...

Sennacherib said...

I've been telling you guys, this president will do anything to further what he thinks is important (him). Now he's going to go home with waving a statement from Xi that he thinks is an agreement that allows executive action on ahem climate control. So he gave away Tibet for a promise they will never fulfill, the fool.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Oh yeah, it surely looks like Xi was playing him like a fiddle.

Dick Stanley said...

He's throwing a fair portion of his own party under the bus here. He'll be sorry before this is over.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Why should he? The clock ticks toward retirement...

Dick Stanley said...

I can't think of any other president who was rejected by his own party. The Worm may be the first.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yes, but again - what is the worst that could happen to him? There is no special hell for failed presidents... and the retirement terms are the same as for the successful ones.

Dick Stanley said...

Chicago Dems play hardball. He just might discover his mortgage called in by the bank, not to mention his garbage not picked up or snow shoveled off his street. There are myriad ways for pols to get even without seeming to be involved.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

That I would like to see.