Venezuela 'ends' bid to restore full US ties

[Lugal Zaggesi]

19. “I would never apologize for America,” Powers said repeatedly. “America is the light to the world.”

Samantha has bowed down to US foreign policy orthodoxy, and now will get confirmed by the Senate:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175337/samantha-powers-testimony-confirms-foreign-policy-orthodoxy

The US loves Israel - check:
Samantha Power repeatedly asserted her commitment to “stand up for Israel and work tirelessly to defend it” against the “disproportionate” criticism she said it receives at the United Nations... implying that she would support Israel’s bid for a permanent seat on the Security Council.

International Law doesn't apply to the US - check:
Particularly alarming given the push for military intervention in Syria and Iran was Power’s statement that securing authorization from the Security Council should not be necessary for the United States to take unilateral action. “When US national security is threatened and the Security Council is unwilling to authorize the use of force but the president believes that it is judicious to do so, of course that is something he should be free to do,” she said. When George W. Bush felt free to launch the invasion of Iraq without UN approval in 2003, many experts considered it a violation of international law. Later, Power refused to answer Senator Rand Paul’s question about whether Congress or the President had the power to authorize intervention.

Facts are something to be manufactured to support policy - check:
She called the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime a “fact,” although the Obama administration’s claim is unverified and contested.

The USA is #1!!! - check:
“I would never apologize for America,” Powers said repeatedly. “America is the light to the world.” She was unwilling to give a straight answer when Rubio asked if she believed, as indicated in a decade-old article, that the United States has ever committed or sponsored crimes. “I believe the US is the greatest country on earth,” she responded, and went on to refer to the abuse at Abu Ghraib as a “mistake.”

OK, Sammy knows her comic-book foreign-policy, the US Senate is impressed:
That’s what the committee wanted to hear, and Power looks set to sail through confirmation. “I look forward to your service,” said Bob Corker, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee. “I look forward to having you go to work as soon as possible,” echoed John McCain.


Bashing Venezuela, Iran, Syria, Russia... - just part of the "orthodoxy" in Washington D.C.