With All Due Respect

By; Nikki R. Haley To start this report I must admit that I have been impressed with this lady for a long time. Every time her name appears what she has said or done I agree with. I didn’t know that her parents emigrated from India. They are Hindu in faith. She tells of discrimination during her youth. One time they were picking black girls for one team and white girls for another. She was excluded as not being one or the other. She was the Governor of South Carolina when the young white man killed eight black worshipers in a church. This was a traumatic event. She met with the families, attended each funeral and later was able to convince the legislature that it was time to remove the flagpole carrying the Confederate flag from the State grounds. At first they agreed to take the flag down but leave the pole. That would have been the impetus at some other time to put it back up. During her six years as governor the State enjoyed good job growth, some from foreign firms. She had kind words for Jeb Bush and how he helped her organize her cabinet when she was elected for the first time. She lent her support to Marco Rubio in his candidacy for President. During a debate in South Carolina, Trump called her out and gave her a compliment. After Trump became President she received a call to come to New York to meet with him. He was considering her for Secretary of State. She didn’t think she was ready for this position. A little later he offered her Ambassador to the United Nations. This she did accept with the proviso that she could be included in the Security Council to assure she would not to do anything at odds with the President’s position. He agreed. It was a shock to the organization as she came out forcefully announcing that the U.S.A. was resuming a leadership role. After trying to improve the Human Rights Council she got the president’s approval to withdraw. It had as its members countries with the most blatant human rights. She also defended Israel at every opportunity. Israel had been condemned on a yearly basis for all kinds of sins while others got away with real offenses, countries like Saudi Arabia, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela. She was dismayed to witness the ongoing condemnation of America. Since the beginning we have borne a large share of costs particularly for refugee camps in Africa and the Middle East. She visited some and spoke out on the travesty of aid not reaching the victims. After two years she decided she had done all she could. It was time to step down and take a rest. We will hear her name again, trust me. Jack B. Walters July 24, 2020