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U.S. Plans to Withdraw From UN Human Rights Council Today

America is winning bigly...with Trump's new best friends (Putin, KJU, Duterte, Erdogan, MBS...who else am I missing?)

Edit: How could I forget Bibi? He's likely the main reason for doing this (the Administration accused UN of being anti-Israel a few weeks ago?)
 
blackangst1 said:
Looks like this has been in the works for years.
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There is a very real discussion about what might happen and actualizing the potential. The US has just given up any voice in human rights violations on the part of Kim or Putin or the rest of the world. I suspect that Kim being no longer a bad person but a now a tough leader in a bad situation influences our action. That whole attitude of embracing killers fits.
 
Hayabusa Rider said:
Well "not in the works" but has been a topic of discussion among Republicans. As I've said that's a far cry from surrendering our authority and input.
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I find the complaints against the HRC to be unconvincing. While I agree that it spends more time condemning human rights abuses in Israel than it does in other countries with worse records that doesn't change the fact that the human rights abuses it's condemning in Israel are very real. In the phrase 'biased against Israel' the part that US conservatives care about isn't the 'biased' part, it's the 'against Israel' part.

For once in his worthless life Boris Johnson is right. The HRC has issues but it's still a valuable thing to have.
 
Hayabusa Rider said:
Well "not in the works" but has been a topic of discussion among Republicans. As I've said that's a far cry from surrendering our authority and input.
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If I recall correctly Bush disengaged from the committee for the same reason. Obama reengaged with the hopes of reforming but nothing happened. same old same old.
 
fskimospy said:
I find the complaints against the HRC to be unconvincing. While I agree that it spends more time condemning human rights abuses in Israel than it does in other countries with worse records that doesn't change the fact that the human rights abuses it's condemning in Israel are very real. In the phrase 'biased against Israel' the part that US conservatives care about isn't the 'biased' part, it's the 'against Israel' part.

For once in his worthless life Boris Johnson is right. The HRC has issues but it's still a valuable thing to have.
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Participation is power and only idiots cede that.
 
Our participation is what gives that, and other, councils their power. By not participating we significantly weaken that body. Maybe it's the wake-up some of the other members need.
 
IJTSSG said:
Our participation is what gives that, and other, councils their power. By not participating we significantly weaken that body. Maybe it's the wake-up some of the other members need.
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I don't think this was the right way to shake things up, and I doubt the Trump administration was actually hoping to improve the organization given both its open contempt for human rights at home and its enthusiastic support for murderous dictators who violate rights on a daily basis. This is about avoiding responsibility and accountability, nothing more.
 
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fskimospy said:
I find the complaints against the HRC to be unconvincing. While I agree that it spends more time condemning human rights abuses in Israel than it does in other countries with worse records that doesn't change the fact that the human rights abuses it's condemning in Israel are very real. In the phrase 'biased against Israel' the part that US conservatives care about isn't the 'biased' part, it's the 'against Israel' part.

For once in his worthless life Boris Johnson is right. The HRC has issues but it's still a valuable thing to have.
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Well, yeh, of course. I mean, how dare these people criticize Israel for running the world's largest concentration camp in Gaza?
 
IJTSSG said:
Our participation is what gives that, and other, councils their power. By not participating we significantly weaken that body. Maybe it's the wake-up some of the other members need.
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Our participation gives us power. The rest of the world will go on without us, and if human rights in NK matter at some point we won't have input, which might be another reason to leave as we've embraced Kim, going from homicidal maniac killer dictator to "tough leader", someone Trump shows respect to.

It ain't lookin' good for Trumpians.
 
Jhhnn said:
Well, yeh, of course. I mean, how dare these people criticize Israel for running the world's largest concentration camp in Gaza?
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You are out of your fucking mind if you think Gaza is a concentration camp. That demeans and waters down the horrible situation that concentration camps were/are.
 
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