Obama: Desperately Seeking Approval . . . from Cuba
The Bush Administration wisely stayed away from UN-sponsored "human rights" events, which invariably end up featuring a bunch of dictators lambasting the US, the UK, and Israel for alleged failures. But this administration can't get enough of this stuff. The State Department has just submitted a self-assessment of America's human rights record to the UN Human Rights Council, for scrutiny by such paragons of human rights as Cuba, Angola, Gabon and Bahrain. The report finds, predictably, that the US has plenty of shortcomings like high minority unemployment (which under international law is a "human rights issue).
Okay, but can the Apologizer-in-Chief actually say something nice about the US human rights record? You bet! Here are some examples of the progress cited by the State Department:
- We now have an African-American President
- That President is "committed" to repealing Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell
- That President has enacted health care reform.
As Michael Cannon at Cato notes, for the Obama administration “legislation that threatens U.S. residents with prison if they fail to purchase health insurance" is somehow evidence of progress on human rights.
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May '10
Re: Obama: Desperately Seeking Approval . . . from Cuba
I assume you're posting this in response to Klavan's post.
Sometimes, I believe it when people say this President hates his own country. He doesn't seek to improve an already admirable America. He seeks to create an America he can love. He would rip up the Constitution and start fresh if he could.
Re: Obama: Desperately Seeking Approval . . . from Cuba
I actually downloaded that report, Adam. I went to the appendix, hit screensave, and am posting it below.
It's a glossary of all of the abbreviations used in the report. You don't have to read the report to instantly realize what a load of nonsense it is. You just have to look at the words they abbreviated to know exactly what kind of document they produced. On our dime.
Enjoy: