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Susan Rice to the UN: A Positive Sign for UN-US Relations
ABC is reporting that Susan Rice, a former member of President Bill Clinton's National Security Council and a former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, is about to be named US Ambassador to the United Nations in the Obama Administration. Why is this of note? Rice is extremely close to Obama, and has been for years. Mark Goldberg, of UN Dispatch, is jazzed about what that means for the future of US-UN relations:
This is great news. The fact that President-elect Obama is entrusting US diplomacy at the United Nations to such a close adviser is a sure sign of the high priority to which the new administration will place US-UN relations. Deeper still, her background as a regional Africa expert will come in handy. About 2/3rds of all discussions at the Security Council are about situations in Africa.
More broadly, Rice is known in foreign policy circles as an innovative, forward thinking foreign policy wonk who pays special attention to the connectivity of today's threats and challenges. As a diplomat, I expect her to be fairly sharp-elbowed, which is not a bad quality for Turtle Bay!
I suspect this is a sign that Obama will be involved in (or his administration will be a full partner in) worldwide efforts to bring stability to places like Darfur and Somalia. That's great news. And just take a moment to consider the difference between the Obama Administration and the Bush one. Bush named to this same post John Bolton, a man who believes force is always the right option and is so hostile toward the United Nations that he once said wiping out 10 floors of UN headquarters wouldn't make a "bit of difference." And now we have someone who has spent years studying how to engage in the world in order to reduce conflict. The democratic transfer of power is a remarkable thing.
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I'm really, really, really upset at their latest ad in the bunch of advertisements, about "more bars in more places". The series has shown people in ridiculous situations, which are by no means life threatening. Though I would argue that the jail one is a bad situation to be in, its not exactly life threatening. The latest one however, which happens to be the first one to feature a "latino/hispanic" person in their campaign shows a guy named Ted or Pat "Sanchez," and he's about to be blast off in a building demolition. I find this completely diminishing of life of those who could identify with this man in image!! and therefore extremely racist. In comparison to the rest of the ads in where people miss out on life's opportunities the "latino guy" is placed in a serious situation where he is about to be killed in a violent manner. I don't know who did this ad, but it only goes to show how the advertising industry is responsible for the perpetuation of racist ideas. Where people of color are shown only to be ridiculed, or in this case obliterated!!! I'm going to have to leave AT%T because I cannot support a business which is racist in such a way!!! And I will post this message wherever AT&T's name is--until the ad is removed from the air and the company offers an apology to all its Latino clients!!
Lilly - Way to stay on topic. I'm going out to switch to AT+T today!!!
Get over it.
Am I the only person to find it ironic that someone named Lilly White seeks out hidden racism in advertising?
I suspect this is a sign that Obama will be involved in (or his administration will be a full partner in) worldwide efforts to bring stability to places like Darfur and Somalia.
Just great...
More foreign military interventionism. Just what we need. Just what our economy can so well afford. [/sarcasm]
Didn't we already have a president who was involved in (his administration a 'full partner' in..) Somalia?
Can anyone at Mother Jones remember how that turned out?
That's great news.
I couldn't agree less.
That whole foreign interventionist mentality exhibited by egotistical America is why we're now held in such [sarcasm] High Regard [/sarcasm] by the common folk of the third world.
It's wrong when NeoCon Republicans do it, and it's just as wrong when Lefty Democrats do it, no matter how 'high-minded' and 'righteous' either bunch makes their public motivations sound.
Furthermore, as Michael Shank of Truthout.org reports:
At long last, the fragile state of Somalia seems to be slowly resurfacing from a searing bout of violence and humanitarian crisis. Interestingly, the light at the end of this decades-long tunnel is not burning at the behest of the United States or the United Nations; rather, it burns because Somali leaders, both within the government and without, have banded together. Frustrated by failed foreign interventions, they are now seeking sustainable Somali-based solutions.
There's little doubt that international interventions have actually prolonged Somalia's agony.
LEARN from history! Particularly Very RECENT History!
STOP promoting the same stupid mistakes 'The Other Party' made, assuming that 'Our Party' can Do It Right!
I think she will be a vice president some day. The first black second-in-command.
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