{"id":22801,"date":"2014-05-18T07:54:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T11:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22801"},"modified":"2014-05-18T07:54:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T11:54:37","slug":"picking-the-wrong-horse-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22801","title":{"rendered":"Picking The Wrong Horse (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Presidency of Barack Obama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Obama Administration<\/a> has had a habit of choosing the wrong side in situations we shouldn&#8217;t be involved in to begin with. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Egypt\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=30.0333333333,31.2166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=30.0333333333,31.2166666667 (Egypt)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Egypt<\/a> is a prime example. Well, they have done it again.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/stunning_election_in_india_.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Thinker<\/a> posted an article yesterday about the recent election in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"India\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=28.6133333333,77.2083333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=28.6133333333,77.2083333333 (India)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">India<\/a>. The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Bharatiya Janata Party\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bjp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">BJP<\/a> party led by <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Narendra Modi\" href=\"http:\/\/www.narendramodi.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Narendra Modi<\/a> has been elected to an absolute majority in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Parliament of India\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=28.6172222222,77.2080555556&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=28.6172222222,77.2080555556 (Parliament%20of%20India)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">India&#8217;s parliament<\/a>. Mr. Modi is the former governor of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Gujarat\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=23.2167,72.6833&amp;spn=1.0,1.0&amp;q=23.2167,72.6833 (Gujarat)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">state of Gujarat<\/a>, where his record was one of reform and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>So why is the election of Mr. Modi a problem? The Obama Administration has barred him from entering the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">United States<\/a>. The ban on Mr. Modi was the result of unproven allegations that he had involved in a riot of Hindus in response to Muslim violence. Hopefully the Obama Administration will lift this ban quickly&#8211;otherwise they run the risk of India aligning itself with <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Russia\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=55.75,37.6166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=55.75,37.6166666667 (Russia)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Russia<\/a>&#8211;something a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Russian language\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Russian<\/a>-controlled website called RT.com is already anticipating.<\/p>\n<p>In the article in the American Thinker, Mr. Modi is described as conservative, pro free market, and anti-Islamist&#8211;exactly the kind of leadership we need in America. It would be a shame to see such a leader turn to Russia because an American President did not welcome him to the world community of leaders.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\" data-iceapc=\"1\" data-iceapw=\"36\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\" data-iceapw=\"36\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_h.png?x-id=46f8ad66-8454-4fa3-b926-efe922ee54e9\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama Administration has had a habit of choosing the wrong side in situations we shouldn&#8217;t be involved in to begin with. Egypt is a prime example. Well, they have done it again. The American Thinker posted an article yesterday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22801\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7553,85,7552,248,7551,7554,1083,285],"class_list":["post-22801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bharatiya-janata","tag-egypt","tag-gujarat","tag-india","tag-modi","tag-narendra-modi","tag-russia","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22802,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22801\/revisions\/22802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}