Posted on 05/02/2012 9:19:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
MORE HERE:
http://news.yahoo.com/friend-says-chinese-activist-pressured-deal-132620109.html
BEIJING (AP) A close friend of Chen Guangcheng says the blind legal activist agreed to stay in China only to protect his family after receiving threats that his wife would be beaten to death if he left the country.
Beijing activist Zeng Jinyan told The Associated Press on Wednesday via Skype that she had just finished talking to Chen, who is in a Beijing hospital with his wife and children
Threw him under the bus and ran him over.
They Volt’d....
China probably told Obamah that Chen was an abortion survivor.
“Seriously, we’re very sorry. We’d love to let you stay, but you see, we have this election thing coming up and, you know, we have to get ready for all that. We called a ride for you and the tank’s outside now. Sorry again. Maybe some other time then...Here’s a “Forward” button and a nice hat. Maybe somebody you know made them! Bye now!”
Any government that threatens to beat your wife to death will do what they damn well please. The American embassey was part of the threat in that they relayed the information to Chen.
Once upon a time, government officials would resign when leadership went down the wrong path. No longer.
How about telling the ChiComs that Chen and his wife and any kids are leaving, that they have US diplomatic immunity and any reprisals against Chen's extended family will be will be met with severe repercussions for US-China relations?
How much courage would it take to do that?
Apparently more than exists in the Zero WH and the State Dept.
These people make me sick.
Very liberal but basically honest reporter Nick Kristol, after first congratulating the Chinese communists for their “maturity” this morning, started tweeting this stunning betrayal of Chen this morning about five hours ago. Hillary and Obama have fed Chen to the sharks of the PLA. He left the embassy because of threats to his wife and supporters ( those not already in jail).
This is a prime example of the dishonesty and betrayal of decent people everywhere. We can see here where we will be in the near future. All the pieces are in place domestically and Obama has retained his supporters. This administration is certainly Lenin’s “vanguard of professional revolutionaries”.
In a word - YES - they abandoned him - but like you said - Obama makes throwing folks under the bus an art form!!! So disgusted!!!
RE: He left the embassy because of threats to his wife and supporters ( those not already in jail).
Well, what else can the man do? Even if he were to PHYSICALLY be in the USA, the mere thought of his wife and supporters being beaten and tortured would cause him to want to return.... just saying.
RE: How about telling the ChiComs that Chen and his wife and any kids are leaving, that they have US diplomatic immunity and any reprisals against Chen’s extended family will be will be met with severe repercussions for US-China relations?
How much courage would it take to do that?
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A question comes to my mind ... WHAT WOULD REAGAN DO?
Would any sane person rely upon an assurance from Obama to protect them (unless they were a far leftist doing exactly what Obama wanted)?
The United States is now in the business of relaying threats from the Communist Chinese government in order to get a human rights activist to cave-in?
Obama supporters must be so proud.
"Kristol" or "Kristof"?
And Nickie is probably *SHOCKED* about this betrayal.
Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.
Of course he had to leave. My point is that the embassy was complicit in the return of Chen to the Chinese communists. We caved rather than letting the Chinese what killing the wife and children would do to relations. We caved to a stronger and dominant government and Hillary lied to retain “face”. Most Americans won’t give a damn either.
“Did the Obama administration abandon Chen Guangcheng?”
Yes they did.
Kristof, the auto correct got me again. At least he admits it when his preconceived bias in favor of Marxists turns out to be misguided. He does it a lot but doesn’t seem to realize his basic ideological error.
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