As much as I'd like to explode with impotent, profanity-laced rage at this incident, I just don't think it is a big deal.  The first handshake was quite a bit more friendly than I'd like our President to be but being civil to our enemies in personal meetings goes beyond diplomacy and enters the realm of human decency and politeness. 

To put it simply, I'd rather he be relatively friendly with the man than spit on his face.  Let's spit on his face with policy*, not literally. 

The second meeting showed Obama to be (to my eyes) visibly perturbed by Chavez's grandstanding and media whoring.  I hesitate to say that because he examined the inside of the book but, again, what was he supposed to do, throw it away?  Also, he's a Communist so he'll probably enjoy the book.

What I'm saying is, let's get pissed about what Obama does with policy and try not to get to rabid about the little shit.  We already do and will continue to have plenty of big things to bitch about. 

P.S. - The Cuba thing doesn't really matter to me.  I fear the Cuban government will find a way to take advantage of this arrangement financially (abductions, extortion, illegal immigration, etc) but I figure trying something different can't be that bad after 50 years of failure.  While my preferred "different option" would be to surgically decapitate the Cuban regime, I don't think any president will have the balls for that in my life time so I'll take this and see what happens.  Certainly, it couldn't be any worse than the status quo.

P.P.S. - The long speech Obama gave about us having a relationship of equals with the states of Latin America is retarded.  We are in no way equal and diplomacy should reflect that.  If there were a vote to determine an international dispute, why the fuck should Bolivia's vote count anywhere near equal to the United States?  It shouldn't. 

Of course, there should never be a global vote to determine to determine U.S. policy.  We already had one.

* - To be clear, I doubt anything good will come on this front but I'll let him make the mistakes before I roast him for them.

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