"Yet, as president, Mr. Obama and his aides have caved, leaving Sudan gloating at American weakness."
Why are you so surprised, Nicholas, that Obama has "caved"? Have a look around the rest of the world:
Talk with Iran's dissidents, who chanted "Obama, Obama, either you are with us or them!" when they took to the streets. Iran's oppressed Baha'is, Kurds, Sunnis, homosexuals, women, political opponents, journalists? Obama has never complained about their treatment or brought their case to the attention of the U.N. or any other international body.
When Obama traveled to China, he refused to breathe a word about Chinese human rights abuses. Moreover, in order to further appease the Chinese, when Obama finally agreed to see the Dalai Lama in February in the Map Room (not the Oval Office), there was no official welcome, the meeting was closed to the press, and only a single White House photo was released.
Obama traveled to Istanbul during his first overseas visit as president; however, in order to placate the Turks, he reneged on his campaign promise to recognize Armenian Genocide.
Obama bowed to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, but refuses to address state sanctioned terror against women in that country, e.g., women who have been gang raped are sentenced to prison and whipped.
Ignoring horrifying human rights records, Obama has made overtures to despotic governments in Syria and Burma.
Nicholas, I think you deserve much respect for addressing Obama's failure to address human rights abuses in Sudan; however, it need be noted that Obama has systematically thrown human rights under the bus throughout the world.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
"Obama Backs Down on Sudan": Kristof Awakens to Obama's Horrifying Human Rights Record
In an op-ed in today's New York Times entitled "Obama Backs Down on Sudan" (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/opinion/22kristof.html), columnist Nicholas Kristof expresses disappointment with Obama for ignoring human rights abuses in Sudan. Krisof deserves credit for acknowledging, unlike his fellow servile NYT columnists, Obama's failed human rights record in this one country, albeit belatedly. My online comment, if the Times deigns to post it:
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Obama is doing the nation no favor in how it is perceived internationally.
ReplyDeleteA bow in general to the whole Islamic world,who inspite of their own factional conflicts have made their intentions clear with regard to the fate of our ally Israel (which frankly extends to our nation as well),weak or non existing support of our other allies The obvious fact stands with regard to the oppressed in Iran,the abuses in Sudan,etc,ie:these people are not selling us oil or buying our debt-it's about business,not people.