Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Meet Samantha Powers. Next Ambassador to the UN?


Famous quotes or phrases from Ms. Powers....
Power, a former White House adviser and longtime Obama friend, once likened U.S. foreign policies to those of the Nazis.
And this...
In a March 2003 New Republic magazine article she argued that American foreign policy needs a "historical reckoning" which would entail "opening the files" and "acknowledging the force of a mantra we have spent the last decade promoting in Guatemala, South Africa, and Yugoslavia."
She continued: “Instituting a doctrine of the mea culpa would enhance our credibility by showing that American decision-makers do not endorse the sins of their predecessors. When (German Chancellor Willy) Brandt went down on one knee in the Warsaw ghetto, his gesture was gratifying to World War II survivors, but it was also ennobling and cathartic for Germany. Would such an approach be futile for the United States?"
Read the entire article at FoxNews here.  Luckily we have retired Generals and other high ranking officials lobbying the Senate behind the scenes to kill her nomination.  Confidence is not high but at least they're trying.

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