who the fuck do 'we' think we are?

[spanone]

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke at UN headquarters in New York City on Friday. (Photo: Reuters)


UN Ambassador Haley Lashes Out at US Allies: "For Those That Don't Have Our Back...We'll Respond Accordingly"

New United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley arrived at U.N. headquarters in New York City for the first time Friday, and wasted no time in lashing out at the international community and U.S. allies.

The former South Carolina governor, confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday, declared: "Our goal with the administration is to show value at the U.N., and the way that we'll show value is to show strength, show our voice, have the backs of our allies, and make sure that our allies have our back, as well."

Ominously, Haley added, "For those that don't have our back, we're taking names—we will make points to respond to that accordingly."

Haley also appeared to threaten a shake-up of the U.S. relationship to the U.N., in keeping with the Trump administration's plans to drastically slash U.S. funding to the international body.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/27/un-ambassador-haley-lashes-out-us-allies-those-dont-have-our-backwell-respond

[bdamomma]

1. They are obeying

tRumps bullying tactics.

[bigtree]

2. Trump administration run by people with no sense or knowledge of history

...and no clue about the intricacies of our foreign relationships.

[spanone]

3. looks like we're going to bully the world....this can't end well

[Old Vet]

8. + 1

[femmocrat]

4. Poor grammar.

Way to make an impression.

[compsports]

5. Most of the Democrats

And most of the Democrats voted for this bully. Disgraceful!

[Glamrock]

7. This is why people sat out the election

or went green.

[spanone]

9. no they didn't.

[Glamrock]

6. Not so much who do "we" think we are

but, who do "they" think we are. And my answer to that is "they" think we are goddamned 'Murcans. Albeit America circa 1951 as opposed to America 2017. What they don't realize is e don't have the power on a global level that we had 60+ years ago. But of course, that's Obama's fault....

[MADem]

10. She came off as the philosophical love child of Jeanne Kirkpatrick and

John "Plato's Retreat" Bolton.

I can't imagine a more un-auspicious beginning. She was downright belligerent.


History lesson for the youth:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeane_Kirkpatrick

Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick (née Jordan; November 19, 1926 – December 7, 2006) was an American diplomat and political scientist. An ardent anticommunist, she was a longtime Democrat who became a Republican in 1985. After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 campaign, she became the first woman to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations.[1]
She was known for the "Kirkpatrick Doctrine", which advocated supporting authoritarian regimes around the world if they went along with Washington's aims. She believed that they could be led into democracy by example. She wrote, "Traditional authoritarian governments are less repressive than revolutionary autocracies."[2]
Kirkpatrick served on Reagan's Cabinet on the National Security Council, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, Defense Policy Review Board, and chaired the Secretary of Defense Commission on Fail Safe and Risk reduction of the Nuclear Command and Control System.[3] She wrote a syndicated newspaper column after leaving government service in 1985, specializing in analysis of the activities of the United Nations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton

John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republican administrations. Bolton served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006 as a recess appointee by President George W. Bush.[1] He resigned in December 2006, when the recess appointment would have otherwise ended,[2][3] because he was unlikely to win confirmation from the Senate in which a newly elected Democratic Party majority would be taking control in January 2007.[4][5]
Bolton is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI),[6] senior advisor for Freedom Capital Investment Management,[7] a Fox News Channel commentator, and of counsel to the Washington, D.C. law firm Kirkland & Ellis.[8] He was a foreign policy adviser to 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney.[9] Bolton is also involved with a number of politically conservative think tanks and policy institutes, including the Institute of East-West Dynamics, the National Rifle Association, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the Council for National Policy (CNP) and the Gatestone Institute,[10] where he serves as the organization Chairman.
Bolton has been labeled as a neoconservative,[11] though he personally rejects the term.[12] He has been a prominent participant in several neoconservative groups, like the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), and the Committee for Peace and Security in the Gulf (CPSG).