Critics baffled by UN ambassador boasting of 'very strongly worded press statement' to Taliban: 'Wut'
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A strongly-worded statement is fine, but what about a #hashtag. That would show the Taliban we are serious.
Critics baffled by UN ambassador boasting of 'very strongly worded press statement' to Taliban: 'Wut'
'A turn of phrase that really does seem to capture the debacle that is this current moment'
United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield boasted Tuesday the U.S. had used a "very strongly worded press statement" from the U.N. Security Council to tell the repressive Taliban it must respect women's rights and humanitarian law.
As reports of violent repression against women and U.S. allies by the Taliban alarm the globe, Thomas-Greenfield told CNN's Wolf Blitzer the U.S. would be "watching" closely.
"We are hearing from people in Afghanistan that they are getting threats from the Taliban, and we have expressed in no uncertain terms here at the United Nations through a very strongly worded press statement from the Security Council that we expect the Taliban to respect human rights, including the rights of women and girls," Thomas-Greenfield said. "We have also indicated that they have to be respectful of humanitarian law and that we do not expect to see that Afghanistan will become a safe haven for terrorists. But, again, it is not their words that we will hold them to. It is their actions that we will be watching."
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Yeah you better respect our strongly worded letter otherwise we will... oh wait, we've already tried the invade and hold approach. Umm, otherwise we will... ummm... NOT LIKE YOU ANYMORE.
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