CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 17,2018
HOURS BEFORE HE MET YESTERDAY WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMR PUTIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMED THE UNITED STATES – HIS OWN COUNTRY – FOR POOR RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA? REALLY?
DID AMERICA INVADE CRIMEA AND ANNEX IT? IS IT THE UNITED STATES THAT IS SUPPORTING BASHIR AL-ASSAD, THE SYRIAN DICTATOR AND KILLER OF HIS OWN PEOPLE?
WAS THE U.S. A COMMUNIST STATE THAT TRIED TO DOMINATE THE WORLD? DOES AMERICA KILL POLITICAL OPPONENTS LIKE PUTIN DOES?
OF ALL THE SOMETIMES RIDICULOUS STATEMENTS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD MADE, THIS ONE IS RIGHT UP THERE NEAR THE TOP. THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE U.S. EXPECTS QUICK FIXES TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT WHEN DEALING WITH RUSSIA THERE IS NO QUICK FIX. NEITHER CAN WE IMPOSE AMERICAN MORALITY ON THOSE WHO DON’T SHARE IT, AS THE LATE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER WARNED.
BLAMING AMERICA FOR BAD RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA IS LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA BLAMING AMERICA FOR MANY OF THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS. CONSERVATIVES DIDN’T LIKE IT WHEN HE SAID THAT AND THEY SHOULD LIKE IT EVEN LESS WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
