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So the next time Human Rights Watch comes out with a report that’s critical of Israel
for its treatment of the Palestinians, I’ll assume that you’re going to be saying the
same thing, correct? That you think that the report is credible, it’s based on eyewitness
accounts? Uh, as --
And you’re not going to say that it’s politically motivated and should be dismissed?
You know Matt, as you have made clear again and again in this room, we are not always
consistent.
"Associated Press’ Matt Lee is one of those rare reporters who frequently challenges U.S.
foreign policy hypocrisy, both in general and, even more rarely, as it pertains to the
nation’s support for Israel." As Glenn Greenwald points out, "a remarkably
revealing exchange." Check it out in context.
Listen, before we leave Syria, I just want to take the opportunity, if you didn’t see
it, to draw your attention to the Human Rights Watch report that was released today that
identifies some 27 detention centers that Human Rights Watch says Syrian Government
intelligence agencies have been using since the Assad crackdown on pro-democracy protestors.
The report found that tens of thousands of Syrians are in detention by regime security
and intelligence agencies and that the regime is carrying out inexplicable, horrific acts
of torture, including – well, I’m not going to repeat them here, but I’ll leave
it to you to read the report. And, you know, in many cases, the Human Rights Watch asserts
that even children have been subject to torture by the Assad regime.
Do you see that report as credible and solid, and you’re putting – you’re endorsing
it? I mean, you’re saying --
We have no reason to believe that it is not credible. It’s based on eyewitness accounts,
and they’re reporting from a broad cross-section of human rights figures inside Syria.
So the next time Human Rights Watch comes out with a report that’s critical of Israel
for its treatment of the Palestinians, I’ll assume that you’re going to be saying the
same thing, correct; that you think that the report is credible, it’s based on eyewitness
accounts?
Uh, as --
And you’re not going to say that it’s politically motivated and should be dismissed?
You know Matt, as you have made clear again and again in this room, we are not always
consistent. Goyal --
So, in other words, anything that Human Rights Watch says that is critical of someone you
don’t like, that’s okay; but once they criticize someone that you do like, then it’s
not worth the paper it’s printed on?
Uh, Matt, I’m not going to get into colloquy on this one. Goyal.
India.
Yeah.
As far as India-Pakistan relations are con-
How much longer are we going to allow our government to act like this?
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