How did Obama use “human rights" as a political weapon? He threatened to withdraw aid from Israel if it did not end its occupation of the West Bank. He temporarily moved the American Fifth Fleet out of its base in Bahrain until the government there agreed to stop jailing peaceful political dissenters. He condemned China, but said virtually nothing about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and other nations that were U.S. allies in the war on terror. He accused congressional Republicans of aiding the rise of ISIS with their refusal to fund additional ground troops in Iraq. He threatened to send more ground troops to Iraq unless the government passed legislation to protect “human rights."

How did Obama use “human rights" as a political weapon? He threatened to withdraw aid from Israel if it did not end its occupation of the West Bank. He temporarily moved the American Fifth Fleet out of its base in Bahrain until the government there agreed to stop jailing peaceful political dissenters. He condemned China, but said virtually nothing about human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and other nations that were U.S. allies in the war on terror. He accused congressional Republicans of aiding the rise of ISIS with their refusal to fund additional ground troops in Iraq. He threatened to send more ground troops to Iraq unless the government passed legislation to protect “human rights."