Vote on Withholding United Nations Dues
Re “Withholding Dues From United Nations,” letters, May 14: I agree that the U.S. leadership is arrogant and hypocritical with regard to our loss of the seat on the Human Rights Commission and the punitive response by legislators. But keep in mind that arrogance is not solely the purview of Republicans; 62 Democrats also voted in favor of the amendment.
Douglas W. Flaugh
Lawndale
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How dare the world kick us off the U.N. Human Rights Commission. Are we not the country that teaches our children that murder is wrong by executing killers? Are we not the country that puts guns in the hands of all our disgruntled, disenfranchised and unstable citizens? Are we not the country that sends our friends and family to prison to be raped and ruined for minor drug offenses? Are we not the country that denies our AIDS and cancer victims a drug that provides relief and may help them live longer?
Can’t the rest of the world see us for the compassionate, Christlike people we are?
Christopher Huskin
Placentia
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