Human rights and bullets dipped in pigs blood
by digby
It’s very nice that “Donald Trump” (or whatever bot he has writing his tweets the subject) is supporting the protests and calling for human rights in Iran. But it’s just a teensy bit fatuous in light of his support for the crackdown by Erdogan in Turkey and Rodrigo Duterte’s mass extra-judicial killings in the Philippines. Not to mention Vlad.
He’s shown his “support” for human rights on other occasions as well:
Donald Trump at CPAC, March 6, 2014.
I was in Moscow a couple of ago, own the Miss Universe Pageant and they treated me so great. Putin even sent me a beautiful present with a beautiful note. I spoke to all of his people. You look at what he’s doing with President Obama, he’s like toying with him.
So he has the Olympics, the day after the Olympics, he starts with Ukraine. The day after. How smart? You know, he didn’t want to do it during the Olympics. Boom. The day after. So our athletes leave, we all leave, and the day after. And you know, when he goes in and takes Crimea, he’s taking the heart and soul because that’s where all the money is. I was surprised. I heard that the other day. They were saying, most of the wealth comes right from that area.
That’s the area with the wealth, so that means the rest of Ukraine will fall and it’s predicted to fall fairly quickly…. When you see what they are doing in Ukraine, it’s just a question of time.
What were your other impressions of the Soviet Union?
I was very unimpressed. Their system is a disaster. What you will see there soon is a revolution; the signs are all there with the demonstrations and picketing. Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That’s my problem with Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand.
You mean firm hand as in China?
When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak … as being spit on by the rest of the world—
Why is Gorbachev not firm enough?I predict he will be overthrown, because he has shown extraordinary weakness. Suddenly, for the first time ever, there are coal-miner strikes and brush fires everywhere- which will all ultimately lead to a violent revolution. Yet Gorbachev is getting credit for being a wonderful leader and we should continue giving him credit, because he’s destroying the Soviet Union. But his giving an inch is going to end up costing him and all his friends what they most cherish-their jobs.
It would be nice if we had a president who could make a case for human rights, but this isn’t one of them. He’s the guy, after all, who repeatedly proclaimed that he loves waterboarding and thinks it’s a good idea to perform mass executions with bullets dipped in pigs blood.
Lectures on human rights from this vicious imbecile aren’t going to be very effective I’m afraid. He’s been spewing this ugly rhetoric for more than 30 years.
He’s a disgusting blight on everything decent in this world.
Happy New Year, everybody.
cheers — digby
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