The U.S. Tried To Get Cute on Iran But Were Promptly Rebuffed by the Russians Who Asked About Black

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The U.S. Tried To Get Cute on Iran But Were Promptly Rebuffed by the Russians Who Asked About Black Lives Matter

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The old adage when you point the finger, you have three fingers pointing back at you, rang true in the United Nations on Friday, as the U.S. Ambassador and former Republican governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, inexplicably called an emergency session to lecture the Iranians about their crackdown on protests in that country.

“Let there be no doubt whatsoever,” said Haley, “the United States stands unapologetically with those in Iran who seek freedom for themselves.”

Well, why did she do that?

The New York Times reports that members of the United Nations Security Council used that special session to not only reaffirm their support for the Iran nuclear agreement, which President Trump has all but ripped up, but to lecture her on American hypocrisy.

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The Times reports that not only did Nebenzya ask why the Security Council had no special session when Black Lives Matter protesters descended on Ferguson, Mo. (and were also met with a violent state response), but that he was hip to the skip, too.

“The real reason for convening today’s meeting is not an attempt to protect human rights or promote the interests of the Iranian people, but rather as a veiled attempt to use the current moment to continue to undermine” the Iranian deal, Nebenzya said, a reference to what the Times hails as a “signature diplomatic achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama.”

More:https://www.theroot.com/the-u-s-tried-to-get-cute-on-iran-but-was-promptly-reb-1821837835

Aaaah, Nik Nik...we see you for the lying hypocrite you are.