Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

UN ambassador Samantha Power's motorcade in Cameroon strikes and kills 7-year-old boy
American Thinker ^ | 04/19/2016 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 04/19/2016 9:19:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

It’s not a good look for the convoy of a crusader against genocide to mow down a little African boy as her motorcade roars through a rural area at high speed (often exceeding 60 miles per hour on two-lane country roads), accompanied by a helicopter overhead, journalists in tow, eager for a photo op with refugees.  But that was the situation facing Samantha Power yesterday in Cameroon.  The Associated Press reports:

U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power’s trip to Cameroon’s front lines in the war against Boko Haram started horrifically today as an armored jeep in her motorcade struck and killed a young boy who darted into the road.

The incident occurred near the small city of Mokolo, in northern Cameroon, where Power, her aides and accompanying journalists were headed to meet refugees and others displaced by the years of brutal attacks across West Africa.

All those meetings included small children.

Power, a journalist, achieved fame, academic standing, fortune, and high office by self-righteously denouncing the callousness of Western powers in the face of genocide.  But since becoming Barack Obama’s U.N. ambassador, she has remained in office as his administration stood by as hundreds of thousands were slaughtered in Syria, not resigning in protest.  Those perks of office – like armored motorcades though impoverished areas afflicted by genocidal forces – must be hard to give up.

Power’s motorcade did not even stop:

The vehicle that hit the boy initially stopped, but was ordered by American security forces to continue traveling through the unsecured area. An ambulance in the U.S. caravan immediately attended to him.


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS:
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; cameroon; motorcade; samanthapowers; un; unitednations; untiednations
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-47 next last

1 posted on 04/19/2016 9:19:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
UN ambassador Samantha Power's motorcade in Cameroon strikes and kills 7-year-old boy

The boy must have been a Republican.

2 posted on 04/19/2016 9:24:10 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Let’s see how Samantha handles this. Accidents happen. Cavalier arrogance, however, is a habit of thought.


3 posted on 04/19/2016 9:24:17 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

To Samantha, it’s just a 31st trimester abortion. So, no biggie.


4 posted on 04/19/2016 9:24:31 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

If this had happened under a Republican administration, there would be riots.


5 posted on 04/19/2016 9:25:13 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Liberals kill. The stench of death wafts around their presence.


6 posted on 04/19/2016 9:25:48 AM PDT by txrefugee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Not her fault. We can blame her for suff she atually does. Kid darts in front of fast moving vehicle, its a reality the kid can end up dead even if the driver tries avoiding them.


7 posted on 04/19/2016 9:25:54 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

There is nothing more dangerous on the road than a politicians motorcade.

I think just in the US there have been several cases of accidents in presidential motorcades that have killed people. And that’s not including JFK.


8 posted on 04/19/2016 9:26:09 AM PDT by Timpanagos1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.


9 posted on 04/19/2016 9:26:42 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

This was a tragic accident. I don’t see it as evidence she or her caravan were doing something wrong. They were traveling through enemy territory seeking safe passage.

She was upset at what had taken place, and did go to the family home and express sympathy for the family’s loss. Doing that was a high risk thing to do.

While I don’t approve of her politics, this was a very unfortunate incident. I approve of how she handled it.


10 posted on 04/19/2016 9:27:52 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Hey Ted, why are you taking one for the RNC/GOPe team, and not ours? Not that we don't know.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

#Blacklivessplatter


11 posted on 04/19/2016 9:28:20 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (I apologize for not apologizing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Secret Agent Man
Not her fault

I agree, as much as I dislike the current maladministration. Also, I totally get why the motorcade was ordered not to stop by the security agents, and one ambulance was assigned to tend to the boy's needs.

12 posted on 04/19/2016 9:29:48 AM PDT by Genoa
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: billorites

Ummm...

That is a very old and highly touched up picture of Powers...


13 posted on 04/19/2016 9:30:16 AM PDT by Magnatron
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Getting to breathe is not for the little people.


14 posted on 04/19/2016 9:30:48 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: billorites

What part of that would anyone want to crack?


15 posted on 04/19/2016 9:32:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Secret Agent Man

What if she told the driver to step on the gas and drive at high speed? Samantha Powers is from Ireland. That is the way that the Irish drive. They drive over 70 mph. on narrow country roads. I have been to County Kerry where she comes from. I was terrified by the way those people drive.


16 posted on 04/19/2016 9:32:40 AM PDT by forgotten man
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Magnatron

looks like she just shtt a brick.


17 posted on 04/19/2016 9:32:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
Johnny Manziel stumbles through Coachella
18 posted on 04/19/2016 9:33:32 AM PDT by TexasCajun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

60 MPH?

Aw.... just “Workplace Violence”


19 posted on 04/19/2016 9:36:33 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: forgotten man

Does not change the fact she cannot control a kid bolting out in front of a passing vehicle.


20 posted on 04/19/2016 9:37:08 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-47 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson