Hillary Clinton chides Central Asians on human rights

[The Northerner]

Source: Washington Post

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton blitzed through the Central Asian republics of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on Saturday, admonishing the countries’ leaders on human rights while urging closer cooperation on securing their borders with Afghanistan.

Clinton sought to reinforce efforts by both countries to crack down on drug smugglers and insurgents slipping into their territory while also encouraging economic integration along what U.S. officials envision as a “new Silk Road” connecting the former Soviet republics to Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Throughout her visit, she repeated familiar themes that were certain to cause discomfort for her hosts, including calls for greater political freedom and full rights for women and religious and ethnic minorities. Both Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have been criticized for corruption and for the repression of opposition groups.

“Countries that make reforms to give their people the opportunities for political and economic participation that they demand and deserve will thrive,” Clinton told a town-hall meeting in Dushanbe, the Tajik capital. “Those who do not will fall behind.”

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[DJ13]

1. “Countries that make reforms to give their people.....

.......the opportunities for political and economic participation that they demand and deserve will thrive,” Clinton told a town-hall meeting in Dushanbe, the Tajik capital. “Those who do not will fall behind.”


Uh, excuse me Madame Secretary, but........

GOP Voter Suppression Scams Spreading Fast
http://www.thedemocraticstrategist.org/strategist/2011/07/gop_voter_suppression_scams_sp.php

[harmonicon]

3. Exactly. She knows from experience.

The US keeps falling behind other countries as it increasingly limits opportunities for political and economic participation that people demand.

[Faux pas]

2. We have no right to 'chide' any other country until all of our

unemployed have jobs, homeless are housed, hungry fed, schools fixed and sick get decent and affordable health care. Until then, we are talking out of our collective asses.

[orion007]

4. Hillary cherry picking..again

Clinton: Chinese human rights can't interfere with other crises
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February 21, 2009

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U.S. Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton meets Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao in Beijing.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton broached the issue of human rights with Chinese leaders on Saturday, but emphasized that the global financial slump and other international crises were more pressing and immediate priorities.

The United States will continue to press China on issues such as Tibet, Taiwan and human rights, she told reporters accompanying her.

"Successive administrations and Chinese governments have been poised back and forth on these issues, and we have to continue to press them. But our pressing on those issues can't interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis, and the security crisis," she told reporters in Seoul, South Korea.

[Celefin]

5. Let me expand that a little

"But our pressing on those issues can't interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis, and the security crisis,
which we respectively had a central role in causing, are continuing to exacerbate and where our foreign policy is one of the major reasons for its existence.
Since we are working on a re-run of number one, can't be bothered about number too and many of our friends are making incredible amounts of money on number three,
the human rights issue currently is unavailable as actual policy. We appreciate your interest in the subject. Please call again later."

[lib2DaBone]

6. How come war breaks out wherever Hillary goes?

Midas Touch.... (not so much)

[Vinnie From Indy]

7. One wonders if the Sec of State has some cool souvenirs for those she meets on her trips

Maybe a few "Freedom Bomb" key chains or a "Freedom Drone" air freshener for the car. That should get our point across quite nicely.