Not surprising. Obama seems to have a great lack of knowledge about a lot of things (especially the economy):

“What I read between the lines,” Chavez said, is that “Obama has for now _ and that can be overcome _ a great lack of knowledge about what’s really going on here” in Latin America.
The Venezuelan leader also said he thinks Obama “is still reading the same garbage the advisers pass on to him.” He told the pan-Arab TV channel that Obama seems to be taking advice from many of the same officials who worked under former President George Bush.

Hmmm…I thought Obama was going to change the world’s opinion of the US. It seems that he’s viewed as much of a dolt as Bush.
Did anyone really think that America would be viewed favorably by dictators around the world when we had a new leader? If you were that naive, I guess it’s good that realty helped you get clue.