21 March 2013

And about time too!

"The Obama administration refused to participate in a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting on Israeli settlements and slammed the body for its "disproportionate" focus on Israel." 
And about time too! is all I can say.

The real question is why did it take them so long? Other US administrations haven't been any quicker in condemning the HRC (there's an oxymoron if ever I heard one: this lot as a "Human Rights Council"?). There's not a lot more to say, except that the article from the JTA, via The Tablet, is here:

By: Brian Golfarb

4 comments:

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Sure did take them a long time. Makes you wonder if the move is a cover for something even less attractive coming around the mountain.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Well, Obama never concealed his position on settlements. So he repeated during his visit.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Sure got Bibi to apologize to Turkey, didn't he? Wonder what concealed thing Obutthead threatened to do to Israel otherwise?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

He he. There definitely was some twisting of limbs under the table ;-)