WEDNESDAY'S GREGALOGUE
So President Obama says he'd like to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki - something no sitting U.S. president has ever done. Of course, there's a reason they haven't: it could be seen as criticism of a painful decision that ended the bloodiest war in history.
Now, I don't mind if Obama wants to go, and it's probably presumptuous of me to criticize him for what he might say there, since he hasn't gone yet.
But if I didn't, then I wouldn't have a Gregalogue, and that's not fair to me, or to those delightful unicorn voices in my head.
And besides, I can pretty much go by what I've seen of Obama already. Fact is, whenever he's overseas, he tends to translate American success into past arrogance. Plus, I dont think he'll go to Hiroshima and say, "We did it to save lives," because that undermines his whole point about nuclear weapons being evil.
And look at the fall of the Berlin Wall - the most important positive event in our lifetimes - unleashing a march of countries toward freedom. Obama didn't even go to that shindig. Instead, he offered a video - the kind of thing Britney Spears does when she can't accept the trophy for best U.T.I. at the MTV awards.
Still, Obama's speech wasn't bad. He championed freedom and stuff.
But then, he couldn't resist:
"Few would have foreseen ... that a united Germany would be led by a woman from Brandenburg or that their American ally would be led by a man of African descent. But human destiny is what human beings make of it."
So, no mention of Reagan or Thatcher - yet he brings up himself?
Maybe staying home isn't so bad.
And if you disagree with me, you're probably a racist!
I agree, it’s awesome.