Why is US funding Sen's troops?

Obama and Sen

Sochua vs Sen

July 21, 2010
By A. Gaffar Peang-Meth
Pacific Daily News

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the Obama national security strategy "to achieve the world that we seek" through pursuing "four enduring national interests" -- security, prosperity, values, international order -- that are "inextricably linked. ... No single interest can be pursued in isolation."

Critics find the strategy weak on human rights.

Yet, the NSS paper says in a section on values (Page 35), "The U.S. believes certain values are universal" -- peoples' "freedom to speak their minds, assemble without fear, worship as they please, and choose their own leaders" -- and the U.S. "will work to promote them worldwide."

It admits that autocratic rulers "have repressed basic human rights and democratic principles," but declares, "The U.S. supports those who seek to exercise universal rights around the world."

To many international rights reformers, U.S. words and actions don't jibe.

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