US to seek a seat on UN rights council

[cali]

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

(03-31) 13:18 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

The State Department says the United States will seek election to the U.N. Human Rights Council, the Obama administration's latest reversal of President George W. Bush's foreign policies.


The department says the Obama administration wants to participate in the council's activities as part of a new era of U.S. engagement with the world.

The Bush administration boycotted the council over its repeated criticism of Israel and failure to comment on flagrant rights abuses elsewhere, including Sudan.

The Geneva-based council was created in 2006 to replace its predecessor, the U.N. Commission on Human Rights, which was widely seen as ineffective.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/31/national/w131822D92.DTL

This is good news.

[Adelante]

1. Very good news

Thank you.

[Undercurrent]

2. Excellent news!

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[TwilightZone]

3. How quickly things change.

One more step in the right direction where our international standing is concerned.

[FrenchieCat]

4. I like this a lot!

:applause:

[cali]

5. me too. of such incremental steps is change built.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Solid changes.......

That don't need our lame congress to be made to happen.

[Number23]

6. Love it. If for no other reason than I'm sure the Freepers are having heart palpatations over this

:)

[cali]

8. yep, freeper heads are indeed exploding

To: FromLori
What a grand idea. Lend credibility to the collection of barbaric savages that dominate that body.

Oh, wait, the USA has no credibility anymore.

Never mind.



2 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:14:00 PM by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: FromLori
Reached Tuesday, Bolton denounced the Obama administration’s decision. “This is like getting on board the Titanic after it’s hit the iceberg,” he said. “This is the theology of engagement at work. There is no concrete American interest served by this, and it legitimizes something that doesn’t deserve legitimacy.”

Exactly why The Obamageddon did this I’m sure!



3 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:14:19 PM by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori
Oh goodie, now we too can pass resolutions condemning the Joooooooooooos. Who chairs the Council now, Zimbabwe? Darfur? /Yes,ItIsSarc



4 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:17:24 PM by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: FromLori
Interesting... What’s next outsourcing our Department of defense to the U.N.?



5 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:18:19 PM by Typical_Whitey (Obama Legacy: The President that BANKRUPT and Destroyed America.)
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To: FromLori
There is no concrete American interest served by this, and it legitimizes something that doesn’t deserve legitimacy.”
That applies to the Obama Administration as well as the UN Human Rights Council.


6 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:19:23 PM by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: FromLori
Get this guy outta here !!!!



7 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:21:08 PM by cork (From my cold dead hands, with an empty clip, did my job!!)
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To: FromLori
BOHICA



8 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:21:54 PM by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: FromLori
Since there is no criticism of Islam allowed on the council Obama will fit right in.



9 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:22:13 PM by Islaminaction
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To: FromLori
Obama just wants to be able to cry out: “You like me. You really like me.”



10 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:23:02 PM by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... )
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To: FromLori
Seems to me, in addition to lending the committee more credibility, it effectively silences the U.S. from speaking out in public against the committee’s decisions. The response would be, I believe, “hey, you were part of the deliberations, you had a chance to say your peace and you got voted down; are you against democracy now?” Dumb idea but, like you, I don’t believe Obama decided this from ignorance. Can’t have the United States publicly criticizing his cousin, can we?



11 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:24:28 PM by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
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To: FromLori
FINALLY, the word eternity have been redefined. It means 4 long years, or until our country stands up and gets rid of the Black Socialist in Chief..



12 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:26:26 PM by Gator113 (For America to Survive, Obama Must Fail..... Obama=Failure in Chief with the Audacity of Dope.....)
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To: FromLori
Down the road we go to global socialism....Won’t someone please stop this insanity?....Goodbye America!...I loved this great country while it lasted....



13 posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 5:26:57 PM by AngelesCrestHighway
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[polly7]

9. Why do they hate the UN so much?

Is it because it represents everthing Bush didn't, like human rights, treaties, all the things that hampered his mandate to pillage and torture?

[HopeOverFear]

10. "black socialist in chief"

*smh*