On Tuesday, June 19th 2018, US announced the decision to abandon the UN Human Rights Council. Fantastic news!
Let’s just analyze a bit from the beginning of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s opening statement:
Pompeo: “The Trump administration is committed to protecting and promoting that god-given dignity and freedom of every human being. Every individual has rights that are inherent and enviable.”
Everyone but that guy, Julian Assange, right, Pompy?
Pompeo: “They're given by God and not by government. Because of that no government must take them away.”
Except US government, which is clearly above God, right, Pompy?
Pompeo: “For decades the United States has led global efforts to promote human rights. Often through multilateral institutions while we have seen improvements in certain human rights situations for far too long we have waited while that progress comes too slowly or in some cases never comes.”
OK, Pompy, here is a short list of your “global efforts to promote human rights”:
U.S interventions around the globe (interventions, operations, instigations)
1840 - invasion of Fiji.
1841 - genocide on the island of Upolu (Drummond).
1843 - invasion of China.
1846-1848 war with Mexico.
1846 - aggression against the New Granada (Colombia).
1849 - shelling of Indochina.
1852 - invasion of Argentina.
1853-1856 - invasion of China.
1853 - invasion of Argentina and Nicaragua.
1854 - the destruction of the Nicaraguan city of San Juan del Norte.
1854 - an attempt to capture the Hawaiian Islands.
1855 - invasion and coup in Nicaragua.
1855 - invasion of Fiji and Uruguay.
1856 - invasion of Panama.
1858 - intervention in Fiji, genocide.
1858 - invasion of Uruguay.
1859 - attack on the Japanese fort of Taku.
1859 - invasion of Angola.
1860 - invasion of Panama.
1863 - punitive expedition to Shimonoseki (Japan).
1864 - military expedition to Japan.
1865 - invasion of Paraguay, genocide, 85% of the population destroyed.
1865 - intervention of Panama, coup d'état.
1866 - an attack on Mexico.
1866 - punitive expedition to China.
1867 - attack on the Midway Islands.
1868 - repeated invasion of Japan.
1868 - invasion of Uruguay and Colombia.
1874 - the entry of troops into China and Hawaii.
1876 - invasion of Mexico.
1878 - attack on Samoa.
1882 - the entry of troops into Egypt.
1888 - an attack on Korea.
1889 - punitive expedition to Hawaii.
1890 - the introduction of troops in Haiti.
1890 - the introduction of troops into Argentina.
1891 - intervention in Chile.
1891 - punitive expedition to Haiti.
1893 - the introduction of troops into Hawaii, the invasion of China.
1894 - intervention in Nicaragua.
1894-1896 - invasion of Korea.
1894-1895 - the war in China.
1895 - invasion of Panama.
1896 - the invasion of Nicaragua.
1898 - the capture of the Philippines, genocide (600,000 Filipinos).
1898 - invasion of the port of San Juan del Sur (Nicaragua).
1898 - the capture of the Hawaiian Islands.
1899-1901 - war with the Philippines.
1899 - invasion of the Nicaraguan port of Bluefields.
1901 - the entry of troops into Colombia.
1902 - invasion of Panama.
1903 - the entry of troops into Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Syria.
1904 - the entry of troops into Korea, Morocco.
1904-1905 - intervention in the Russo-Japanese War.
1905 - intervention in the revolution in Honduras.
1905 - the entry of troops to Mexico.
1905 - the entry of troops into Korea.
1906 - invasion of the Philippines.
1906-1909 - invasion of Cuba.
1907 - operations in Nicaragua.
1907 - intervention in the revolution in the Dominican Republic.
1907 - participation in the war of Honduras with Nicaragua.
1908 - invasion of Panama.
1910 - invasion of Bluefields and Corintho (Nicaragua).
1911 - intervention in Honduras.
1911 - genocide in the Philippines.
1911 - the introduction of troops into China.
1912 - the capture of Havana (Cuba).
1912 - intervention in Panama during the elections.
1912 - invasion of Honduras.
1912-1933 - the occupation of Nicaragua.
1914 - intervention in the Dominican Republic.
1914-1918 - a series of incursions into Mexico.
1914-1934 - the occupation of Haiti.
1916-1924 - occupation of the Dominican Republic.
1917-1933 - the occupation of Cuba.
1918-1922 - occupation of the Russian Far East.
1918-1920 - the introduction of troops into Panama.
1919 - landing of troops in Costa Rica.
1919 - war against the Serbs in Dolmatia on the side of Italy.
1919 - intervention in Honduras during the elections.
1920 - intervention in Guatemala.
1922 - intervention in Turkey.
1922-1927 - intervention in China.
1924-1925 - invasion of Honduras.
1925 - military operations in Panama.
1926 - the invasion of Nicaragua.
1927-1934 - the occupation of China.
1932 - the invasion of El Salvador.
1936 - intervention in Spain.
1937 - won with Japan.
1937 - intervention in Nicaragua, state coup.
1939 - the introduction of troops in China.
1941-1945 - the genocide of the civilian population of Germany (Dresden, Hamburg).
1945 - nuclear attack on Japan.
1945-1991 - sabotage activity against the USSR. (Invasion of the airspace - more than 5000, parachute assaults - 1940, direct diversions, the total budget - 13 trillion dollars).
1946 - punitive operations in Yugoslavia.
1946-1949 - the bombing of China.
1947-1948 - Reconciliation of Vietnam, genocide.
1947-1949 - military operations in Greece.
1948-1953 - military operations in the Philippines.
1948 - military coup in Peru.
1948 - military coup in Nicaragua.
1948 - military coup in Costa Rica.
1949-1953 - attempts to overthrow the government in Albania.
1950 - punitive operations in Puerto Rico.
1950-1953 - intervention in Korea.
1951 - military assistance to Chinese rebels.
1953-1964 - security operations in British Guyana.
1953 - the overthrow of Mossadegh, who received 99.9% of the vote in the referendum.
1953 - Forcible deportation of the Inuit (Greenland).
1954 - Overthrow of the government in Guatemala.
1956 - the beginning of military assistance to Tibetan insurgents in the fight against China.
1957-1958 - an attempt to overthrow the government in Indonesia.
1958 - the occupation of Lebanon.
1958 - bombing of Indonesia.
1959 - the entry of troops into Laos.
1959 - punitive operations in Haiti.
1960 - military operations in Ecuador.
1960 - invasion of Guatemala.
1960 - Support for a military coup in El Salvador.
1960-1965 - interference in the internal affairs of the Congo. Support Mobutu.
1961-1964 - a military coup in Brazil.
1961 - a terrorist war against Cuba using bacteriological weapons.
1962 - punitive operations in Guatemala.
1963-1966 - coup d'état and punitive operations in the Dominican Republic.
1964 - punitive operation in Panama.
1964 - support for the coup in Brazil.
1964-1974 - interference in the internal affairs of Greece.
1965 - a coup d'état in Indonesia, genocide.
1965-1973 - aggression against Vietnam.
1966 - intervention in Guatemala.
1967 - Support for the coup and subsequent fascist regime in Greece.
1968 - hunting for Che Guevara in Bolivia.
1971-1973 - the bombing of Laos.
1971 - American military assistance in the coup in Bolivia.
1972 - the entry of troops into Nicaragua.
1973 - coup in Chile.
1973 - terror in Uruguay.
1974 - Support for the regime of Moboth in Zaire.
1974 - preparation of aggression in Portugal.
1974 - attempted coup in Cyprus.
1975 - the occupation of Western Sahara, the introduction of troops in Morocco.
1975 - interference in the internal affairs of Australia.
1975 - an attack on Cambodia.
1975-1989 - Support for the genocide in East Timor.
1978 - military assistance to the dictator, financing of the genocide.
1979 - Support for the cannibal Bocas.
1979 - military assistance to the rebels of Yemen.
1980-1992 - military presence in El Salvador, special operations, genocide.
1980-1990 - military assistance to Iraq. A million dead in ten years.
1980 - support and funding of the Khmer Rouge.
1980 - operation "Gladio" in Italy, 86 victims.
1980 - punitive operation in South Korea.
1981 - attempted coup in Zambia.
1981 - military pressure on Libya, downed two Libyan aircraft.
1981-1990 - Contra support, terrorism, genocide.
1982 - interference in the internal affairs of Suriname.
1982-1983 - attack on Lebanon.
1982 - Support for the genocide in Guatemala.
1983 - intervention in Grenada.
1983 - interference in the internal affairs of Angola.
1984 - two Iranian planes shot down.
1984 - mining of the bays of Nicaragua.
1985 - financing of the genocide in Chad.
1986 - an attack on Libya.
1986-1987 - attack on an Iranian ship in international waters, the destruction of the Iranian oil platform.
1986 - financing and military support of social terror, seizure of natural resources.
1987-1988 - participation in the Iraq war against Iran, the use of chemical weapons.
1988 - financing of terror and genocide in Turkey.
1988 - the explosion of a passenger plane "Pan American" over Scotland. The wine was recognized in 2003.
1988 - invasion of Honduras.
1988 - the destruction of the Iranian passenger aircraft.
1989 - intervention in Panama.
1989 - two Libyan planes were shot down.
1989 - bombing in the Philippines.
1989 - punitive operation on the Virgin Islands.
1990 - the genocide in Guatemala.
1990 - Iraq's naval blockade.
1990 - financing of the Bulgarian opposition ($ 1.5 million)
1991 - aggression against Iraq.
1991 - the bombing of Kuwait.
1992-1994 - the occupation of Somalia.
1992 - genocide and terror in the capture of the natural resources of Angola (destroyed 650,000 people).
1993-1995 - the bombing of Bosnia.
1994-1996 - terror against Iraq.
1994 - genocide in Rwanda (about 800,000 people).
1995 - the bombing of Croatia.
1998 - the destruction of a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan by a missile strike.
1998 - the bombing of Iraq.
1999 - aggression against Yugoslavia.
2001 - invasion of Afghanistan.
2002 - the entry of troops into the Philippines.
2003 - actions in Liberia.
2003 - clashes with Syrian border guards.
2004 - the entry of troops into Haiti.
2004 - Attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea.
2008 - the invasion of Pakistan.
2008 - The war in South Ossetia
2011 - The war in Libya
2013 - The war in Syria
2014 - The War in Ukraine
2015 - Helping the aggression of Saudi Arabia on Yemen. The United States provided intelligence and logistical support for the campaign, and closed with Saudi Arabia largest weapons contract in history, creating the worst humanitarian disaster ever.
Pompeo: “Too many commitments have gone unfulfilled. President Trump wants to move the ball forward. From day one he has called out institutions or countries who say one thing and do another.”
You mean commitments like JCPOA, right Pompy? What was the institution that has closed that deal?
Pompeo: “That's precisely the problem at the Human Rights Council. As President Trump said at the UN General Assembly it is a massive source of embarrassment to the United Nations that some governments with egregious human rights records sit on the Human Rights Council.”
Did you mean governments with egregious human rights records, like Saudi Arabia which has a penchant of beheading people, and is at the helm of the Human Rights Council because of your government, Pompy? Or your government who has just promoted torture-loving war criminal to the top position of the most important Intelligence service?
Pompeo: “We have no doubt that there was once a noble vision for this council. But today we need to be honest. The Human Rights Council is a poor defender of human rights. Worse than that the Human Rights Council has become an exercise in shameless hypocrisy with many of the world's worst human rights abuses going ignored and some of the world's most serious offenders sitting on the council itself.”
But not any more, right, Pompy? You are really going out of it?
Pompeo: “The only thing worse than a council that does almost nothing to protect human rights as a council that covers for human rights abuses and is therefore an obstacle to progress and an impediment to change. The Human Rights Council enabels abuses by absolving wrongdoers through silence and falsely condemning those who commited no offence.”
You mean like protecting Israel with your veto power no matter what it is doing, right, Pompy?
We could go really long like this, but you can already see how Pompy is full of it.
Haley: “For too long the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias.”
See, Pompy? Even your ambassador in the UN can’t find diplomatic expression.
Haley: “Being a member of this council is a privilege and no country who was a human rights violator should be allowed a seat at the table.”
And I must say, for the first time in my life I tend to agree with that… whatever she is:
It is really big progres when the greatest human rights abuser removes itself from the Human Rights Council. Which may not be good news for the migrants to US and its own citizens, but at least the rest of the World can take a breather now…
Are you serious?????
"... Saudi Arabia on Yemen. The United States provided intelligence and logistical support for the campaign, and closed with Saudi Arabia largest weapons contract in history, creating the worst humanitarian disaster ever."
Are you saying the humanitarian disaster in Yemen is the worst ever? That's an outright lie, falsehood and demonstrates tremendous ignorance. It's not even the greatest humanitarian disaster right now, or in the last 10 years!
In response to;
"Did you mean governments with egregious human rights records, like Saudi Arabia which has a penchant of beheading people, and is at the helm of the Human Rights Council because of your government, Pompy? Or your government who has just promoted torture-loving war criminal to the top position of the most important Intelligence service?"
Yes, it is a travesty that Saudi Arabia sits on the UNHRC, as well as Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, China, Mongolia, the Phillipines, and others. How are you OK with US participation in this council?
America is the most benevolent world power to ever have existed. The British set the model, but America carried it forward.
In response to "You mean like protecting Israel with your veto power no matter what it is doing, right, Pompy?", then your implicit assumption that Israel has committed human rights abuses is wrong. Israel has the cleanest records regarding human rights of any nation that has ever fought a war. You also seem to be forgetting the anti-semitic racism experienced by Israel in every UN forum / organisation. Why do you deny Israel the right to live in peace and security?
The hatred in this article is just sad, I pity you @lighteye.
FYI - Nikki Haley is awesome! I would love to see her become president.
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I know it’s hard for you to swallow the truth, but you will have to:
It is not me saying that. It is what UN says:
Go ahead, feel free to list in your text ONE worst humanitarian catastrophe in the World, for example, since the British conquer of China. And BTW, it is CNN report, and you look like a truth hater built up on corporate media.
Like the list is showing, right?
Nobody is “denying Israel the right to live in peace and security”. Everybody in the UN is denying Israel the right to commit genocide over Palestinians. It is not the same. Zionist thesis is that anybody who is denying Israel the right to commit genocide over Palestinians is actually “denying Israel the right to live in peace and security”. It’s not the same and no truth hater can deny that.
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In regards to "I know it’s hard for you to swallow truth, but you will have to:"
You may almost have me here. the scale of the disaster in Yemen has indeed grown to a horrifying scale.
In regards to "Go ahead, feel free to list in your text ONE worst humanitarian catastrophe in the World, for example, since the British conquer of China. And BTW, it is CNN report, and you look like a truth hater build up on corporate media."
Well Syria as a current disaster. I thought that entailed the scope of your comment, but then you went rattling off about the british invasion of china. Humanitarian disasters that significantly outweigh what is happening now in recent history would be the 2 world wars for a start, and there's a long list that would follow, and is quite obvious and clear, so let's give you th benefit of the doubt and assume you only mean current disasters.
In regards to "Like the list is showing, right?"
I can only assume you don't understand what benevolent means... but here's a tip, it doesn't mean that a country isn't involved in numerous violent conflicts.
In regards to "Nobody is “denying Israel the right to live in peace and security”. Everybody in the UN is denying Israel the right to commit genocide over Palestinians. It is not the same. Zionist thesis is that anybody who is denying Israel the right to commit genocide over Palestinians is actually “denying Israel the right to live in peace and security”. It’s not the same and no truth hater can deny that."
That's another outright lie. You subscribe to racist and ignorant blood libels, such as the one invented about how jews drink the blood of christian children during the festival of passover, and so you drown out thought by declaring the goals of zionism. Zionism is simply the movement of the jewish people for self-determination, a right that has since (and rightly) been accorded to many distinct groups of people. Where has there ever been a genocide of arabs committed by jews? It's simply ludicrous to make this sort of outrageous statement. If anything, the fear for jews in Israel is that the largest threat from the arab neighbours is demographic, IE that they will become more numerous than the jewish population. How would this be possible if there was a genocide?
Your accusations of genocide are baseless, and indicative of a desire for Israel (and the jews that live there) to be destroyed.
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I see no facts in you text.
You are a true jewel — denying one crime by citing another of the same criminals.
Syrian crisis is also provoked by the US and its Gulf allies. And Syrian crisis is not a greater catastrophe only because Assad stayed in power. It does not encompass 75% of population, and Syria has 18 million. Assad government is providing more than enough sustenance for all the people (over 70%) on the controled territories.
I can see nothing worthy in your comment, except maybe your infatuation with Nikki Haley. I wonder how she can become POTUS. Will she campaign against Gina Haspel for the first woman POTUS?
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I keep feeling like we're not reading the same thing. You ask me to name a worse crisis than the one in Yemen, I say Syria, and you tell me I'm now denying crimes in Yemen? I'm genuinely interested in how you reach this conclusion.....
The Syrian war was not provoked by the US. They got involved late, and unwillingly during Obama's term in government. It was when Syrians inspired by other uprisings around the Arab world decided to try and replicate the situation, but ended up with a series of outside interests subverting their cause to their own interests.
I honestly couldn't tell you how many of Assad's people he is able to feed, as I don't have accurate information on that. I would challenge you on your numbers though. Where did you get them? How can we know they are accurate?
I've noted how you you have ignored my comments on your being an anti-semite, but at least you're being honest when you don't refute it :)
And come on, who doesn't love Nikki Haley? A truthteller to behold!
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Your comments are worthless propaganda without a single fact — a loss of time really. You could hear witnesses from the ground of Syria if you wish, but I guess you know better then these people:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=UN+Peace+Council+Syria
Good luck to you.
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What irony in that you accuse me of propaganda, and yet you post a video report from a fake UN body that doesn't exist, and a racist accusation that Israel and the jews are responsible for the Syrian war, which was designed to enrich themselves.
I am highly amused to see that you've given up on using any thought in your response, and have returned to posting lies you do not bother to verify.
Willing idiots such as yourself, enable the tragedy being self-inflicted by the Islamic world. It's truly a shame.
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