{"id":661783,"date":"2021-08-19T11:37:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=661783"},"modified":"2021-08-19T11:37:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:37:28","slug":"sen-cotton-discredits-un-for-going-easy-on-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cotton-discredits-un-for-going-easy-on-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Cotton discredits UN for going easy on Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsen-cotton-discredits-un-for-going-easy-on-taliban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=661783&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2495521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2495521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks to a reporter as he arrives to vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. The Senate approved the bill, sending a cornerstone of the Biden agenda to the House. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 8:11 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, August 19, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) recently discredited United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield after she expressed the UN expects the Taliban to respect women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1427980158645022723\">tweet<\/a> Wednesday, the Arkansas Republican revealed the UN is giving the Taliban the benefit of the doubt. He called out Thomas-Greenfield in disbelief that she would expect the Taliban to be respectful of women and humanitarian law when the complete opposite is happening.<\/p>\n<p>The senator then shared <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/08\/17\/taliban-kill-woman-not-wearing-burqa-after-vowing-to-honor-womens-rights\/\">an article from the New York Post<\/a> in which exposes the Taliban of going back on their word following Thomas-Greenfield\u2019s comments in a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have expressed in no uncertain terms here at the United Nations through a very strongly worded press statement from the Security Council that we expect the Taliban to respect human rights,\u201d stated the ambassador.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What&#8217;s happened in Afghanistan over the last few days is tragic and was totally avoidable.<\/p>\n<p>More on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuthlessPodcast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RuthlessPodcast<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9tGY3MoNay\">https:\/\/t.co\/9tGY3MoNay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTomCotton\/status\/1427655758192287744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His remarks came after the Taliban killed a woman earlier this week for not wearing a burqa. The terror group also continued to beat women and children after saying they wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/fmr-afghan-pilot-warns-of-potential-violence-against-women-by-taliban\/\">Fmr. Afghan Pilot Warns Of Potential Violence Against Women By Taliban<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks to a reporter as he arrives to vote on the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. 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