Reply #46: Yes,

[Mojorabbit]

that is what I am talking about. He knew what he'd get here in America and played it for politics back home.
And when we are on the edge of teetering into war with his country it was a wonderful political move if you look at it dispassionately. I wish more people were educated on other cultures in this country so we would not fall into these games so easily. I hate that he is in power and that the neocons are raring to start another war. Aren't there any state department people or diplomats in our govt who have a clue and could have check mated this type of thing for pete's sake.

When I lived in Japan in the seventies, it was a whole nother culture with an artful dance in politeness and behaviour. The military gave we spouses all kinds of information and instruction so that all went as smoothly as possible. Have things changed so much in the govt that no one has any rudimentary knowledge of the culture of other nations?

He played us. Period.