Talking Rights

With Secretary Clinton’s trip to Africa highlighting the fighting that continues in the Congo, an opinion piece in the Washington Post is calling for American troops to support the tiny UN force.
Michael O’ Hanlon, at Brookings writes:
If the situation is to improve, we need to do the one thing that is required above all others [...]

from today’s USA Today:
Before her visit to China, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton removed the issue of human rights from the table, saying it could “interfere” with talks on the global economic crisis, climate change and security.
She missed a critical point. Human rights aren’t a side dish on a crowded buffet. Human rights support and [...]