[GonzoGOP]

Obama’s poor handling of this incident is great. By having the Dali Lama go out the side door he insulted his followers. But by meeting with him he totally torqued off the Chinese. The sooner the ChiComs turn on Obama the sooner his debt riddled house of cards will come crashing down. We have to deal with the debt problem. The government won't do it voluntarily so it will have to be forced on them from outside. The sooner that happens the better, as it will allow for a quicker recovery.

[kaylar]

Exactly. Half measures, compromise measures are touted as “statesmanship” by their supporters-but such measures usually wind up angering BOTH sides equally, sometimes to the extent that both angered parties can unite against the compromiser. (I don’t see that happening in this case-just in general .)