Bush recently spoke out against human rights abuses in China. As a result and perhaps predictably, he has faced criticism for doing so. Critics point out that Iraq and Guantanamo Bay are hardly bastions of human rights projects - though in the case of Iraq this is a different issue altogether. Iraqi's now have a chance at designing according to their experiences a free and functional government.
Are these fair examples when attempting to draw an apparent hypocritical stance with the Bush administration?
Isn't American society, as a whole, still a democracy that respects the rule of law and human rights? China may not be pleased but is it not Bush's job to bring up the matter of human rights; especially during the Olympics as China cracks down on freedom? Is Guantanamo an extraordinary (and temporary) circumstance? Did the U.S. lose some of its credibility as a result of it? Should Bush just sit back and let November come?
It's a sobering thought to think that as we watch sports somewhere in China millions of prisoners are detained robbed of their freedoms and existence. How can anybody turn a blind eye to this reality?
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