Back in the sixties, Fidel Castro sent Ernest “Che” Guevara into the jungles of Bolivia and essentially got him killed, many speculate that he did so in order to eliminate a potential political rival since “Che” was so well-known. I wonder if Obama is doing the same to Hillary Clinton. Right after recovering from a broken arm, she was sent on a trip to Asia right after the terrorist attack in Indonesia. First she visits India, where they promptly tell her to take her “cap-and-trade” and shove it you know where. During her visit, the trial on the Mumbai attacks reveals that a Pakistani terrorist masterminded the attacks, potentially increasing tensions between the two nuclear powers. She comes out with a defense agreement and progress on the nuclear pact (a leftover of the Bush administration), while risking potentially angering Pakistan, India’s historical enemy. Fortunately, Pakistan has shown signs that they will not interfere in US-India relations.

Next, she travels to Thailand, where she talks about the growing threat from Myanmar (Burma) and their military cooperation with North Korea. She recently downplayed the threat from North Korea in an interview with ABC, comparing the regime to “teenagers.” When was the last time a teenager denoted a nuclear weapon? Seriously, does the State Department think that the danger of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists is not a significant threat? Does this mean we will spend more money on aid to Thailand? Thailand itself has problems with its Muslim minority and political unrest. Complicating things further, in Indonesia, a US mining company was attacked by gunmen. It looks like the new XOXObama foreign policy is making Hillary’s job harder than it needs to be.

Indonesian luxury hotels bombed

I would feel bad for Hillary, except for the fact that she called the legal and democratic government of Honduras to threaten them with more action if they did not install their socialist buddy Mel Zelaya. This shows that not only will they let the bad guys operate with impunity in Asia, but they will install would-be anti-American dictators in Latin America. I thought the Hill was smarter than this. I truly wonder who is calling the shots in this administration, or if it is some sort of weird power-sharing deal. Regardless, Hillary is in the jungle right now, dodging terrorist attacks and North Korean missile tests… she seems to be doing alright, but our “changed” foreign policy is not making it easy on her. We’ll see if she survives or if Obama makes her another “Che,” politically of course.

-AG