That’s true. But you gotta start somewhere.

They are waiting to see the results of our ACTIONS, not our words.

SaveFarris, the U.S. military review’s conclusions that prisoner treatment met Geneva Convention’s Standards, it lacks credibility simply because the review was done by the American military and ignored allegations and/or proof of torture. I doubt that the U.N. would make the same conclusion.

If you have info to the contrary, post it.

Jack J, please keep up with current events:

A U.S. military review begun in January of Guantanamo conditions concluded that inmate treatment met Geneva Conventions standards.

“Cuz there’s a new sheriff in town.

We have zero credibility.

Not only that but we owe them BILLIONS of dollars, dollars used to prop up our economy.

Thank Bush and the goosestepping GOP.

Private scolding with “we thank you for what you’ve done, but you’ve got a heck of a long way to go in this, this, and this” will get much more traction.

Events of the last few decades show us that the Chinese do NOT respond well at all to public scolding and threats. Whatever has been accomplished has been behind the scenes and developed over time.

Gary

Just because she didn’t smack them around this trip doesn’t mean she is a big softy.

Agreed. The Secretary’s an asset. Still has a very solid reputation overseas (at least from what I can tell), and she can get her hands dirty. Just cause she’s smiling doesn’t mean she’s making nice.

You make nice with the new neighbors before bitching about their dog shitting in your yard.

America… The Truth Will Set You Free!!!

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0313/p03s05-usfp.html

March 13, 2008
Washington – It was mostly the usual suspects on the State Department’s list of the world’s worst countries for human rights violations, but standing out for its absence from the list this year was China.

State Dept follows policy, point proven by history, on behalf of the Southern Hemisphere, thank you AMERICA! Again for voting in an HONEST administration that prides itself, or at least can define the term integrity!

The State Department works for the State Department. I think it’s been at least since Reagan — if not Nixon — that the Secretary of State didn’t end up getting “captured” by the system.

And perhaps the Chinese hinted to Madame Secretary that they just might “leak” how they got so much US technology in the 1990′s if she didn’t play nice on her first visit…

J.

It was all timed perfectly in order to 1) allow HRC to go to China and beg them to continue to gobble up our government paper, 2) allow the Chinese to save face by not calling them out face-to-face and 3) still give them a stern finger-wagging about human rights.

It’s called ‘politics’.