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Re: WHAT does the USA stand for?

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 27 Dec 19 12:09 AM | 33 view(s)
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You could argue the US has no standing to lecture other countries any more. Even when you think the cause is right. I kinda thought that after Dubya permitted torture. But the child removal policy said it was mote in your own eye time. And Trump's government can lecture no one on graft.

You can't pick and choose moral issues. The US doesn't have a righteous pulpit any more.

I hope one of the countries that believes in liberal values, democracy, liberty and the rule-of-law puts pressure on Zambia.




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WHAT does the USA stand for?
By: clo in ALEA
Thu, 26 Dec 19 4:22 PM 		Msg. 33461 of 54959

WHAT does the USA stand for?

Washington (CNN)In an extraordinary move, the State Department is pulling the US ambassador to Zambia after the president there objected to his harsh criticism of the government's record on corruption and gay rights.

Recalling an ambassador is rare, especially when an ambassador is arguing for American values abroad.

US Ambassador Daniel Foote, in a scathing statement on December 2, slammed those in the conservative Christian country who compare homosexuality to bestiality and said he was shocked by the "venom and hate" he received for criticizing the sentencing of two men to 15 years in jail for being in a gay relationship. Same-sex activity is illegal in Zambia.

The harsh tone of Foote's remarks was unusual for a public statement coming from a US diplomat. Foote further blasted Zambian government officials for "stealing millions of dollars in public funds," which the Zambian government has denied.
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http://www.cnn.com/2019/12/25/politics/daniel-foote-zambia-ambassador/index.html

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