Jackson Diehl on Obama's Human Rights Record

The deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Post, Jackson Diehl, has a scathing column about the President Obama-Secretary Clinton record on foreign policy when it comes to promotion of freedom, democracy, and human rights: "So much for a fresh start on human rights. Clinton's Bahrain visit reflected what seems to be an intractable piece of the Obama administration's character: a deeply ingrained resistance to the notion that the United States should publicly shame authoritarian regimes or stand up for the dissidents they persecute. ...In Latin America, friends of the United States marvel at its passivity as Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega systematically crush civil society organizations and independent media."