Reply #131: Until we clean up our own mess [View All]

[Sinti]

we really can't be telling any other people what to do about theirs. It's just one of those things. At least he's not trying to start another war.

We really don't have that much of a leg to stand on with regard to human rights. Look at our prison population, both at home (7X the incarceration rate)...not to mention Abu Ghraib, Gitmo, et al. I have a friend who works in finance (still) and travels extensively through China, it's not as bad as some would have you believe, and it's not as good as the government would like you to believe. Reality lives somewhere in-between, much like every other country on the planet.

Once, and if, we get our act together on the subject, perhaps then we can discuss human rights with any other country in the world. You do realize it's a "diplomatic" mission, right, not a "Daddy's home and he's going to get you" mission?