Freddie, you need to consider the results of adversarial relationships. What derives from such relationships? You Freddie probably derive some type of emotional satisfaction from them. Okay, so if the President doesn't meet with Chavez or speaks disparagingly of him, your emotions are assuaged, right? But, how is that productive for this Nation which the President represents?

Others on this Board have posted that the US has had cordial and productive relationships with China since the early 70s despite the fact that China's governments since then have been among the most repressive of this planet's governments. In lieu of such relationships, what would have been the result of an adversarial relationship with China over the past several decades?