Ayer olvidé contar por aquí la frase que más me gustó del acto con el papa en el Movistar Arena. La pronunció Antonio Banderas. Y es en especial buena viniendo de alguien del mundo del espectáculo.
Dijo que la belleza debería contener VERDAD.
The West Wing predicting today's entire U.S. foreign policy 20 YEARS AGO....
"How about when we, instead of blowing Iraq back to the seventh century for harbouring terrorists and trying to develop nuclear weapons, we just imposed economic sanctions and were reviled by the Arab world for not giving them a global charge card and a free trade treaty? How about when we pushed Israel to give up land for peace?
How about when we sent American soldiers to protect Saudi Arabia, and the Arab world told us we were desecrating their holy land? We'll ignore the fact that we were invited. How about two weeks ago, in the State of the Union when the President praised the Islamic people as faithful and hardworking only to be denounced in the Arab press as knowing nothing about Islam? But none of that is the point.
I don't remember having to explain to Italians that our problem wasn't with them, but with Mussolini! Why does the U.S. have to take every Arab country out for an ice cream cone? They'll like us when we win!
Thousands of madrassahs teaching children nothing, nothing, nothing but the Koran and to hate America. Who do we see about that? Do I want to preach America? Judeo-Christianity? No. If their religion forbids them from playing the trumpet, so be it. But I want those kids to... look at a globe. Be exposed to social sciences, history. Some literature.
I'll like us when we win."
@AntonioMaestre Todo aquello que me coloque exactamente en las antípodas de ti, en cualquier dimensión posible, será en sí mismo una forma de acierto moral, un gozo y un triunfo.
In the past, many used to say "the US is saying it is democracy but it is oil". This time, it is the opposite. Trump says it is oil, but it is not. (Probably Rubio told him this to convince him.) In the best case, $30bn in gross revenue a year for Venezuela (see thread-need to pay debt, interest, imports from that). Even if the US were to steal it all (impossible) it is a trivial sum of money for the US, 0.1% of GDP, more or less what NVIDIA generates in one quarter. This could never justify the huge political risk involved. You need to add that the US is now a net exporter, so it benefits from higher prices, not lower ones.