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Do I think it was tacky and disrespectful to play what is in effect the Chinese national anthem at a US state dinner? Yeah, I do. However, Obama's people were indeed told what songs were going to be played, and if his foreign advisors are so obtuse that they didn't at least do a google on those tunes, then my suspicion is correct. He did pull people from his campaign accounting office and put them in charge of foreign affairs.
That said, there much overreacting and gnashing of teeth in this thread. This is basically the equivalent of Obama being invited to a state dinner with Britain's prime minister, having one of the USA's most popular singers there as entertainment, and having said singer belt out The Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem which discribes how we whipped British ass once upon a time.
Really, folks, choose your battles. Me, I'll foam about Chinese disrespect the next time those effers force one of our fighters down so they can strip the damned thing and reverse engineer it.
That said, there much overreacting and gnashing of teeth in this thread. This is basically the equivalent of Obama being invited to a state dinner with Britain's prime minister, having one of the USA's most popular singers there as entertainment, and having said singer belt out The Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem which discribes how we whipped British ass once upon a time.
Really, folks, choose your battles. Me, I'll foam about Chinese disrespect the next time those effers force one of our fighters down so they can strip the damned thing and reverse engineer it.