Where did I say we were "neutral" during the Falklands War? I said our official policy since 1940 has not changed. It hasn't.
Dude, you are so wrong on this you just need to fess up.
Jeff, the Falklands war was in 1982, (Hint: that was after 1940...) Your response is worthy of John Kerry, were they for neutrality before they were against it?
If you wish to complain to the editorial departments of the UK media who apparently share Mr. D'Souza's view, you may reach them here.
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As for Mr. Obama's popularity, some may differ with your contention. While certainly a continued, (albeit trending lower) in Europe, it is a different story elsewhere. The sharpest drop in confidence in Obama has been in China, where support has fallen from 62% in 2009 to just 38% this year. He commands similar backing in Russia. -UK Guardian
But that's certainly understandable. The Chinese have to wonder how-and if- the US is ever going to be able to repay all the money they are borrowing. Jim rightfully pointed out that Mr. Obama is no favorite in the Muslim world. This is in spite of those relationships being directed by the President as major function of NASA. What Jim didn't mention is that the numbers he references reflect that Muslim outreach efforts by Mr. Obama have apparently been a failure.
Obama To Renew Muslim Outreach
As a reminder, Mr. Obama's state department referred to the UK indicating:
"There’s nothing special about Britain. You’re just the same as the other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn’t expect special treatment."
Such a comment by a representative of the State Department - an institution that never saw a foreign government it wanted to offend - is a sign of how serious Team Obama is about “resetting” the U.S.-U.K. relationship. Of course, as that term applies to friendly Britain, it means something very different than when used to describe the administration’s desire for improved ties with America’s enemies, actual or potential, like Russia, Iran and “Palestine.” -Canada Free Press
That opinion might also seek to reinforce Mr. D'Souza's views on Mr. Obama's antipathy for the UK.
Your apparent hysteria over Mr. D'Souza's overall views indicates he's really hit a nerve. But you must admit they help explain Mr. Obama's statements during the 2008 Philadelphia debate with Ms. Clinton.
CHARLES GIBSON (ABC News): All right. You have, however, said you would favor an increase in the capital gains tax. As a matter of fact, you said on CNBC, and I quote, "I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton," which was 28 percent. It's now 15 percent. That's almost a doubling, if you went to 28 percent.
But actually, Bill Clinton, in 1997, signed legislation that dropped the capital gains tax to 20 percent.
Mr. OBAMA: Right.
GIBSON: And George Bush has taken it down to 15 percent.
OBAMA: Right.
GIBSON: And in each instance, when the rate dropped, revenues from the tax increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down.
So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?
OBAMA: Well, Charlie, what I've said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.
What???? "Fairness”???? The government isn’t taxing to fund its operations but for the purpose of redistributive “Fairness”???
These comments were baffling to me at the time but given Mr. D'Souza's context they make perfect sense. Any truly concerned liberal who favors increasing the size of government given such a situation would merely seek to find the rate that maximizes tax revenue, and then the progressivity issue could have been dealt with on the spending side by using that money to expand a social program (or redistribution program like EITC). Everyone would win (i.e. a free lunch), and we could "build our infrastructure, pay for everyone's health care, build our schools, (insert big government program here that sounds good to voters or pander to the special interest group du jour) and worry about how to pay for it after the next party takes power. But then (as Mr. D'Souza points out), Mr. Obama is not a traditional liberal.
(see point 2)
