A peasant is out plowing his field, and finds a bottle containing a genie who promises to grant one wish of whatever he wants. But there is a caveat – his neighbor will get twice as much as he does.
The farmer hems and haws – ” I could ask for a million Rubles, but then my neighbor would get two million” “I could ask for a beautiful wife, but then my neighbor would get two beautiful wives”
Finally he tells the genie – “I want you to take my eye out”
Fast forward to 2014
Obama says Keystone pipeline mostly helps Canadian oil companies, not Americans
Obama says Keystone pipeline mostly helps Canadian oil companies, not Americans | Fox News
So Obama would rather buy oil from the Middle East, than give Canada more benefit than the US receives.
In Obama’s world, Cuba is good and Canada is evil.