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Obama's Disgraceful Abandonment of Chen Guangcheng

Thomas2124 Wrote: May 04, 2012 11:20 AM

traitorbill wrote: "Values and principles, don't lead to hell." It is not a mark of value or principles to want something without considering the cost. traitorbill wrote:"What the Obama administration has just said is: Freedom is not worth fighting for. Helll, it's not even worth arguing about." The freedom of the Chinese people is not America's business. Respecting sovereign rights is a value (that goes both ways). What right do we have to interfere with their affairs -- even if its for a cause we believe is just. traitorbill wrote: "The borrower becomes the slave of the lender. Who told us that?" We're in sync on that issue! That our government put us in debt to China makes us indentured servants!

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Obama's Disgraceful Abandonment of Chen Guangcheng

It's hard to know which is worse: one's grief over Chen Guangcheng's fate or the fury over the Obama administration's abandonment of him to that fate.

Chen was already an internationally known human rights activist when he remarkably showed up at the U.S. embassy in Beijing last week seeking refuge. A blind, self-taught lawyer from Shandong province, Chen had been held prisoner for 19 months for the crime of publicizing Chinese atrocities by those enforcing the "one child" policy. Chen had chosen a moonless night (his captors were not blind) to scale several high walls and stumble his way...

Related Tags: Foreign Affairs China Hillary Clinton Obama Administration Human Rights Chen Guangcheng