President Obama has all but ignored human rights in developing his foreign policy. He stood down when Iranians were protesting against the regime that oppresses them. He has shafted the Tibetans when it comes to standing with them against their Chinese overlords. He has ignored Russian depredations against its neighbors.Recently, it has come to light that he slashed funding for Egyptian human rights groups that could have empowered democracy activists.From the Los Angeles Times: Early in Obama's presidency, officials cut in half funding to promote democracy in Egypt. They also agreed to restrict certain grants only to organizations licensed by President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime, reversing a Bush administration policy of funding groups at odds with the government.Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at a March 2009 meeting with Mubarak at an Egyptian resort on the Red Sea, seemed to downplay a State Department report documenting torture, rape and political detentions...(Read Full Post)