Re: Much More Needs To Be Done

On Jan 30, 1:44 am, Polarhound <polarho...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/content/obamas-sotu-statement-human-rig...

For far too much of his first two years in office, President Obama has
been on the side of the thugs and jailers — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hu
Jintao, Vladimir Putin, and Hosni Mubarak to name just a few. It is time
for him to place the moral weight of his office fully behind those
fighting for their freedom.

Pres. George W. Bush came to realize the importance of such a strategy
after the events of September 11, 2001. Unfortunately, the current
administration has seemed more interested in not being the Bush
administration than in doing what is right.

Just like any other, the Bush administration stumbled along the way, but
there was never any question about how committed the man at the top was
to his agenda. That is what has been lacking from this president, so his
comments last night and in other fora recently are encouraging.

Going forward, he would do well to read President Bush’s second
inaugural address and reaffirm its core message: “We are led, by events
and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land
increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best
hope for peace in the world is the expansion of freedom in all the
world. . . . So it is the policy of the United States to seek and
support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every
nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world..”

This is a message for the ages, a message that should strike fear in the
heart of every dictator and repressive ruler. It is the message that Hu
Jintao, Mubarak, Khamenei, and others need to hear. It is also the
message that young Egyptians, imprisoned dissidents such as Liu Xiaobo,
and all others risking everything to obtain their fundamental rights
need to hear this president repeat on a regular and sustained basis.



Shee-it--fooled again. I thought that this was about baseball.

BTT
Baseball's coming!!
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