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Jonathan Jackson: “Isn't there a point when just for, frankly, our own credibility's sake we should walk away, have other alternatives…”

On the recordMarch 2, 2011
Isn't there a point when just for, frankly, our own credibility's sake we should walk away, have other alternatives, strengthen other alternatives--I mentioned one, the Community of Democracies--and not continue to pretend that the U.N. is anything else than an anti-American, anti-Israeli, anti-democratic organization.
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Jonathan Jackson
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Jackson suggests the U.S. should seek alternatives to the U.N. for credibility.

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