Diplomacy by Idiocy — Assistant Secretary of State Posner classes AZ law as a human rights concern

I typically make every effort to treat subjects of my posts with respect, even when I strongly disagree with them.  However, it’s hard not to use the words bumbling idiot when talking about Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner and his recent comments in China.

Call it a continuation of the Obama global apology tour.  Call it a continuation of the administrations attacks on America and long standing American allies, while bowing to and hugging the dictators of the world.  You can call it a lot of things, but unfortunately you can’t call it good diplomacy or common sense.

Posner said in addition to talks on freedom of religion and expression, labor rights and rule of law, officials also discussed Chinese complaints about problems with U.S. human rights, which have included crime, poverty, homelessness and racial discrimination.

He said U.S. officials did not whitewash the American record and in fact raised on its own a new immigration law in Arizona that requires police to ask about a person’s immigration status if there is suspicion the person is in the country illegally.

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QUESTION: Was there any areas in which China sort of turned the tables and raised its own complaints or concerns about U.S. practices around the globe or at home? Can you give some examples there -

ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSNER: Sure. You know, I think – again, this goes back to Ambassador Huntsman’s comment. Part of a mature relationship is that you have an open discussion where you not only raise the other guy’s problems, but you raise your own, and you have a discussion about it. We did plenty of that. We had experts from the U.S. side, for example, yesterday, talking about treatment of Muslim Americans in an immigration context. We had a discussion of racial discrimination. We had a back-and-forth about how each of our societies are dealing with those sorts of questions. …

QUESTION: Did the recently passed Arizona immigration law come up? And, if so, did they bring it up or did you bring it up?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSNER: We brought it up early and often. It was mentioned in the first session, and as a troubling trend in our society and an indication that we have to deal with issues of discrimination or potential discrimination, and that these are issues very much being debated in our own society. [emphasis added]

As usual, Ed Morrissey of Hot Air sums it up nicely:

In other words, China didn’t even mention it — the Obama administration did.  They managed to apologize for a law that, technically and practically speaking, the Department of Justice hasn’t even yet reviewed.  Eric Holder hasn’t read the sixteen-page bill after a month of criticizing it, and it seems highly doubtful that Posner has even “glanced” at it.  Besides, the same law has existed in California for years — and the White House hasn’t so much as breathed a word about California’s penal code.

It doesn’t make the Obama administration sound “mature” to call Arizona racist for tasking its law enforcement agencies with enforcing the law.  It makes them look illiterate, closed-minded, and weak.  Maybe Posner should focus on China’s long record of oppression, slave labor, political executions, and heavy-handed censorship — and join Arizona in demanding that the federal government start enforcing the laws that have existed for decades on immigration.

This is an ongoing theme with this administration.  Whitewash the wrongs done by countries like China, Iran, Venezuela, etc., while at the same time demonizing America and apologizing for our sins.

It would be bad enough if the sins were real, but more often than not, like with the Obama administrations constant politically-motivated mischaracterization of the Arizona law, the apologies aren’t for real sins, but instead are simply anti-American statements meant to gain the favor of the leaders of China, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and the Muslim community.

Obama’s foreign policy appears to be a twisted variation of Field of Dreams “build it and they will come.”

Obama’s Field of Dreams approach is “tear down and demonize America and the rest of the world will open their arms and embrace us.”