U.S. Law requires the U.S, Government to withdraw funding for UNESCO if Palestine is granted membership as happened recently. It is not Obama this time. The law was in place before he was elected President. Obama cannot be blamed rightly or fairly for this one. Obama is constitutionally required to enforce U.S. law That is what his administration has done. It is not for him to pick and chose which U.S. law to enforce. AS the head of the executive branch of the U.S, government there is no recusal opportunity for him There is no recusal opportunity for him. It is conceivable and possible that Obama as a person, is also unhappy with that law.
Constructive commentators should not criticize the Obama Administration for upholding U.S. law. What they should be doing is recommending and taking action to secure a repeal of the law. One must not confuse or intermingle the unjustness of a law and its enforcement while it so stands. One suspects that there are some people who are so used to laws not been upheld that they do not understand when laws they do not approve of are upheld.
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ikhide
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 3:57 PM
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Obama Pulls Out of UNESCO
In the UK Guardian (November 1, 2011), nice article by Ian Williams, titled "Obama will rue his lack of principle on Palestine's Unesco membership." I am disappointed by POTUS Obama's decision to pull out of UNESCO over Palestine. Increasingly Obama's tenure is looking a lot like rigid orthodoxy wrapped in the shiny toga of pretend-change. We might as well have a Republican regime. Not happy. 
Read the article here.
- Ikhide
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