What The Hell Happened To Biden's Human Rights Agenda?

[discocrisco01]

Source: New Republic

As president, Donald Trump made no secret of his admiration for
repressive rulers around the world. Joe Biden campaigned on a promise
to change that. He regularly criticized Donald Trump’s silence about
repressive regimes and promised that a Biden administration would
“hold to account those who perpetrate human rights abuses.” Since
taking office he has repeated the refrain that “human rights will be
the center of our foreign policy.”

Not only has Biden not honored this promise, day by day, his
administration seems to be moving farther and farther from it. Having
promised to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for its devastating war
in Yemen and its assassination of _Washington Post_ journalist and
regime critic Jamal Khashoggi, among many other abuses, Biden reversed
course shortly after taking office. The backdown culminated in his
July 2022 trip to Saudi Arabia and has continued with multiple visits
by senior administration officials since then, despite ongoing
repression.

In Israel–Palestine, the administration has steadfastly refused to
uphold international law, or even to acknowledge that it is being
violated on a daily basis. Israel has steadily consolidated its
control over territories it occupied in 1967, corralled Palestinians
into a set of disconnected bantustans and cracked down on Palestinian
civil society. Meanwhile, government-backed Israeli settlers carry out
waves of terror attacks against Palestinian civilians, including a
February raid on a Palestinian village that an Israeli officer
referred to as a “pogrom.” With few exceptions, the
administration’s response has been to all this has been silence. Its
initial declaration that there must be “accountability” for the
May 2022 killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
by an Israeli soldier has been forgotten, despite considerable
evidence that it was intentional.

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[sanatanadharma]

1. He has his hands full with lost rights in the USA

[Hortensis]

2. Lol, at least there's a sideways sorta-acknowledgement that Democrats ever had one.

Infinitesimal as it might have been and now nowhere to be found. In the third year of his presidency and a very dangerously troubled and destabilized planet, with global warming now terrifying and devastating the entire human race, and he hasn't fixed ANYTHING.

[JohnSJ]

3. A little more complicated than is being portrayed, and no surprise this

is coming from Matthew Duss.

As in 2016, working awful hard to get republicans elected

[tritsofme]

4. I applaud Biden's willingness to act in the national interest. If he is annoying these goons

you know he is doing something right!

I am actually much more pleased with Biden’s posture towards Israel compared with Obama. He’s doing a great job.

[emulatorloo]

5. Sounds like someone is still butthurt over the Iowa caucus. Author's bio:

“former foreign policy adviser to Senator Bernie Sanders.”

[Kaleva]

6. +1

[Hortensis]

7. Well, some were also very angry when Senator Sanders endorsed

Democratic Nominee Biden, then President Biden, and now President Biden for reelection. Perhaps he'll be able to accept Robert Kennedy Jr as his new leader and not only end the hurt but be inspired with a great deal of new material.

[emulatorloo]

8. Agreed. +++

[betsuni]

9. +1