http://www.frumforum.com/obamas-shameful-club Building a conservatism that can win again Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.frumforum.com/obamas-shameful-club/comment-page-1#comment-45592 sinz54 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:44:40 +0000 #comment-45592 Lab3003: The problem is that it puts the Obama position in a much worse position than the Bush Administration. The Bush Administration could boycott this so-called Human Rights Council, and nobody would think that out of character for Bush. But Obama has been making a show out of "a new era of international cooperation." Yet on this Council, he'll be forced to vote Nay on one resolution after another, because those virulently anti-Western nations will keep bringing up those resolutions precisely to embarrass the U.S.<br><br>What's the point in attending a body whose only purpose is to embarrass us, repeatedly?<br> Lab3003: The problem is that it puts the Obama position in a much worse position than the Bush Administration. The Bush Administration could boycott this so-called Human Rights Council, and nobody would think that out of character for Bush. But Obama has been making a show out of “a new era of international cooperation.” Yet on this Council, he’ll be forced to vote Nay on one resolution after another, because those virulently anti-Western nations will keep bringing up those resolutions precisely to embarrass the U.S.What’s the point in attending a body whose only purpose is to embarrass us, repeatedly?

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/obamas-shameful-club/comment-page-1#comment-50262 Lab3003 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:03:52 +0000 #comment-50262 What exactly does the UN have in terms of power? I'd prefer the USA join a front group with the title of "UN Commission on Human Rights" than not because of the political implications. This group isn't going to enact economic sanctions nor does it have a military. <br><br>So beyond a mere political title, isn't this much-a-do about nothing? The USA for all intensive purposes blindly supports Israel. No sitting American President will allow Israel is a both a country and an idea (i.e. a home for the Jewish people) to fail. What exactly does the UN have in terms of power? I’d prefer the USA join a front group with the title of “UN Commission on Human Rights” than not because of the political implications. This group isn’t going to enact economic sanctions nor does it have a military. So beyond a mere political title, isn’t this much-a-do about nothing? The USA for all intensive purposes blindly supports Israel. No sitting American President will allow Israel is a both a country and an idea (i.e. a home for the Jewish people) to fail.

]]> http://www.frumforum.com/obamas-shameful-club/comment-page-1#comment-49085 barker13 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:54:40 +0000 #comment-49085 (*SIGH*)<br><br>'nuf said...<br><br>BILL (*SIGH*)’nuf said…BILL

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