Sunday, June 22, 2008

Two allies take an interest in Obama: Kim Jong II and Castro.


And I know that the media will spin this in a negative way. But, allies of other countries are looking at this Presidential race. North Korea endorses Obama while Castro weighs in Obama.

From World Tribune:

North Korea prefers Democratic candidate Barack Obama over Republican John McCain, a pro-Pyongyang newspaper in Japan said.

The communist country, which has survived a relatively hawkish
Bush administration, considers McCain "a variant of Bush" and "nothing better than a scarecrow of neoconservatives," according to the Choson Sinbo, a newspaper run by ethnic Koreans in Japan.

And here’s the original Korean article it comes from:
조선신보사

Here was Castro's take of Obama. This was from last month's article in the NY Times blog.

[O]n Monday [Castro] gave Senator Barack Obama an endorsement of sorts, calling him “the most progressive candidate to the U.S. presidency” while also berating him for his plan to continue the trade embargo against Cuba. “Were I to defend him, I would do his adversaries an enormous favor,” Mr. Castro said. “I have therefore no reservations about criticizing him.” [
N.Y. Times, The Caucus]

Which Castro then proceeded to do, on Obama’s stated support for trade sanctions during a campaign speech to Cuban exiles in Miami.

1 comment:

airJackie said...

Nice to see Foreign Leaders are paying attention as is others. The US has to deal with the Global World or lose. China has been working with Iran and Russia as is Cuba. Now as for my friend Kim Jong who is setting back watching the Bush Administration make fools of themselves it would be interesting to see how they take advantage of this situation the US is in. I can see again Bill Clinton called in to broker peace but we'll see.