Evo Morales responds to John Kerry: Never Again Will We Be Your Backyard

[karynnj]

31. This is an incredibly unbalanced ridiculous article

It does not even bother to quote Kerry's comment. It takes two words and expands them to a long list of things Kerry never has supported - and many that he has condemned. You know why the article fails to actually quote Kerry? The reason is because it would show that his full statement was one of respect - not derision. This is a rant that reflects WORSE on Morales than the phrase does on Kerry. Yet nearly every person posting here has taken Morales' rant as gospel and has taken a phrase that was never intended to be anything like the meaning Morales - for purposes of his own - has given it.

Now, why do I suggest that Morales is playing to the jingoist feelings of his country and his base? The reason is that I heard the comment when watching Kerry's testimony before the House Foreign Relations Committee. One would think Morales likely would have taken the effort to hear the same thing. What Kerry was saying was that we should not, but often had ignored Latin America - and that we shouldn't.

Now, given that that was the context, Morales's rant seems rather ridiculous. If he were really troubled, I assume that calling Kerry and asking him what he meant could have done - especially as Kerry was speaking of reaching out to Latin America.

I am appalled by the lack of respect that is given to Kerry's actual positions and actions towards Latin America and the complete faith given to Morales. I have always been suspicious when an article does not quote the statement that it is angry about. We have seen it on the right - and this is an example of it on the left.

The really stupid sad thing is that between the Republicans in Congress and the majority of Democrats in Congress to the right of Kerry on this - especially Menendez, the Clinton hold overs, etc, Kerry probably represents the person in power MOST likely to hear out people like Morales in the US government. Brilliant move, Morales. Seriously guys, name one person with near his power who has taken better positions than he has.