While Obama's "supposed" [an adjective used in an AP story] Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton is on an extended mission to Africa, which will only be remembered by her "flash" at a poorly translated question from a local college student, America's international prestige continues to erode.
Most recently released economic date from India has confirmed that Communist China has become the Number 2 trade partner of India. In fact if the single category of "informational technology products" was ignored, Communist China would surpass the United States and be India's Number 1 trade partner. There is no question that these two huge Far East nations have slowly but steadily normalized relations. The tone of the Indian government approach to Peking was evidenced by The Times of India with published articles that "now was the time" for these countries to "set ties between them on an irreversible footing". How can this statement of "irreversible footing" be interpreted in any manner other than the foundation must now be firmed to allow India and Communist China to ally in more and further reaching programs?.
In conjunction with India/Communist China relationship, the economic message from Communist China toward America has continued to be harsh. Chinese political economists continue to criticize the massive investment made by China in "inflation sensitive" US Treasury securities. "Why," asks Wenram Jiang, a noted political science professor "would we want to keep subsidizing irresponsible U.S. behavior that will inflate the dollar and hurt us?" The answer may well be that no further "subsidizing" will occur in that Communist China already has a death grip on the American economy. This retreat was well evidenced by the "stop" that the Peking government placed on a Chinese company [all Chinese companies are government owned] negotiating to purchase from GM the Hummer brand.
India, like maybe Japan in two weeks, sees China not American in its future and is moving more towards Peking.
South/Central America is no better on American prestige with the Honduras situation festering away. Obama, instead of recognizing that interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti is defending democracy [albeit a Latin American form of democracy] and aiding him, has instead unified even more with Venezuela's Socialist anti-American President Hugo Chavez and with Nicaraguan Marxist anti-American President Daniel Ortega and with Marxist OAS General Secretary Jose Miguel Insulza for the return of Socialist, Chavez ally Miguel Zelaya to the Honduran Presidency. This Obama support continues even in light of Zelaya promising a future of "generalized violence" in Honduras if he is not restored to power. Obama's reaction was to challenge the diplomatic visas of the Micheletti's representatives in America as he prepares to enter a deportation order.
As the music lyrics express, "It keeps slip sliding away". But this time it is American international prestige that is the "It".
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