In a ceremony befitting President Obama's vision of a repentant postmodern America, a section of the U.S. Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica has been named after a propagandist for Stalinist Russia and darling of the international left -- the controversial African-American stage actor and social activist Paul Robeson.
The Embassy's Information Resource Center that boasts housing "the definitive collection of Americana" in Jamaica is now named the "Paul Robeson Information Resource Center." During the renaming ceremony, U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela E. Bridgewater called Robeson a patriotic American.
Her remarks surely pleased Jamaica's left-leaning government and its many anti-American elites. They regard Robeson as a kindred spirit -- a famous ideologue of the old left who blazed a trail for them. In recent years, they have pushed for slave reparations from Britain, promoted a chummy relationship with Cuba, and proven problematic partners in the war on Islam-inspired terrorism.
Ultimately, the renaming appears to be part of President Obama's reset of America's foreign policy -- and how a postmodern America ought to interact with the world and be perceived by it.
The Embassy's Information Resource Center that boasts housing "the definitive collection of Americana" in Jamaica is now named the "Paul Robeson Information Resource Center." During the renaming ceremony, U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela E. Bridgewater called Robeson a patriotic American.
Her remarks surely pleased Jamaica's left-leaning government and its many anti-American elites. They regard Robeson as a kindred spirit -- a famous ideologue of the old left who blazed a trail for them. In recent years, they have pushed for slave reparations from Britain, promoted a chummy relationship with Cuba, and proven problematic partners in the war on Islam-inspired terrorism.
Ultimately, the renaming appears to be part of President Obama's reset of America's foreign policy -- and how a postmodern America ought to interact with the world and be perceived by it.
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