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US leaving UN Human Rights Council -- 'a cesspool of political bias'
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down one day after the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slammed the separation of children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as "unconscionable."
Speaking from the State Department, where she was joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley defended the move to withdraw from the council, saying US calls for reform were not heeded. "Human rights abusers continue to serve on, and be elected to, the council," said Haley, listing US grievances with the body. "The world's most inhumane regimes continue to escape its scrutiny, and the council continues politicizing scapegoating of countries with positive human rights records in an attempt to distract from the abusers in its ranks."
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 21 2018, @02:24AM (1 child)
You've overdosed on the Kool-Aid, man.
Concentration camps? You need to study history a little. No intelligent person can make that claim, as anything other than a joke.
So - what do you propose? Mom and/or Dad break the law, and are sent to jail/prison/court. The kids should also go to jail? Get a life. Get in contact with reality. Or, maybe you prefer to send the kids out into the desert, alone, without water. Any problem with the kids will soon be solved by nature, right?
Seriously, get a grip.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:49AM
I remember the time that Runaway was driving truck. Got caught going seven miles per hour over the posted, and 10,000 over gross for the road. We put his fucking kids up for fostering, and his wife got sent back to Ohio. Misdemeanor violation of federal law, and you think we should incarcerate Runaway's entire family? Well, as a liberal, and a leftist, and a communist, maybe it might be a good idea to act as a deterrent for anyone else that might be so crazy as to support Trump policies.
I heard that they opennd up the case of Melania's immigration, looks like Little Baron may end up in the same "holding facilities" until the whole thing blows over. No wonder she was so resistant to Donald running for Precedent.