Obama, the American Friend

Published in Madridiario
(Spain) on 25 June 2009
by Angel del Río (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Guilherme Serodio. Edited by Louis Standish.
The American friend shows itself and becomes tangible. Welcome Mr. Marshal; come, but stay for just a while. The time of Yankee arrogance, of the selfish friend who makes you feel useless is over. A combination of stars has made possible to send a torrent of positive energy to Spain. Obama in the U.S. and Zapatero in our bull’s skin have coincided in time and space. The perfect austral set. The nightmare of the American friend from the Bush administration has come to an end, that selfish friendship, the giving without waiting for anything in return, the planting to get nothing from it.

Now things are different; Spain is a power with its own weight that sits side by side at the top with the most powerful countries in the planet. Spain rubs elbows with the best, among them the United States. Now the relations are bilaterally balanced. Zapatero has made his friend Obama put us on the world map with a nailed red thumbtack in our bull skin. And the times when we gave to the Americans in exchange for anything is over. Zapatero has put things in place; to each its own and what belongs to us, the very thing that has been denied by our American friend. We have stopped being the son of a minor American god. The giving is over and the getting is coming. Zapatero has performed a miracle: for the first time in history, the United States has given us something in exchange for nothing with no expected considerations or mortgages. It’s the first time we have received something for free from the American friend since the postwar powder milk. Obama, Zapatero’s friend, constellation companion, presents and sends us four Guantanomo prisoners, packed up in a diplomatic suitcase for free and asking for nothing in return. It is the beginning of a long friendship.


Obama, el amigo americano

El amigo americano se manifiesta; se hace tangible. Bienvenido Mr. Marshal; venga, pero no pase de largo. Se acabó el tiempo de la arrogancia yanqui, del amigo interesado que te hace sentir inútil. Una conjunción de los astros ha hecho posible enviar un raudal de energía positiva a España. Han coincidido en el tiempo y en el espacio Obama en Estados Unidos y Zapatero en nuestra piel de toro. La composición astral perfecta. Se acabó la pesadilla del amigo americano en tiempos de Bush, la amistad interesada, el dar sin esperar nada a cambio, el poner y no coger.

Ahora las cosas han cambiado. España es una potencia con peso propio que va con silla de alquiler bajo el brazo a la cumbre de los países más poderosos del planeta. España se codea con los mejores, y entre los mejores, con Estados Unidos. Ahora las relaciones son bilateralmente equilibradas. Zapatero ha conseguido que su amigo Obama nos sitúe en el mapamundi, que haya puesto una chincheta roja clavada en nuestra piel de toro. Ya han pasado los tiempos de dar todo a Estados Unidos a cambio de nada. ZP ha puesto las cosas en su sitio. A cada cual lo suyo, y a nosotros, lo que nos pertenece, lo que durante muchas décadas nos ha sido negado por el amigo americano; hemos dejado de ser el hijo de un dios menor estadounidense. El dar se va a acabar; el recibir ya está aquí. ZP ha conseguido el milagro: por primera vez en la historia, Estados Unidos nos da algo a cambio de nada, sin contraprestaciones, ni hipotecas. Es la primera vez que recibimos algo del amigo americano desde la leche en polvo de la posguerra, y gratis. Obama, el amigo de ZP, compañero de constelación, nos regala, nos envía, nos empaqueta en valija diplomática, a cuatro presos de Guantánamo, gratis total, si pedirnos nada a cambio. Es el principio de una larga amistad.
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