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Without human rights, Trump's security strategy won't measure up

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Without human rights, Trump's security strategy won't measure up 12/19/2017 9:18:07 AM President DonaldTrump BY: Prof. RAYMOND TANTE R The Hill, December 18, 2017  - President Trump is laying out his national security strategy today, Dec. 18. It ocusess  on a potential return to Cold War days between Washington and Moscow. There is a focus on hard powerr,”  rather than soft powerr,” like leadership on human rights. Earlier this month, on Dec. 10, was Human Rights  Day .  Was this a day for celebration or mourning? Such a day should be for festivity; but, this day was not a normal one. Why? The Iranian regime was and is a source of human rights abuses. The Ayatollahs do not a rule a normal state. They have trappings of normality. But, the regime is anything but ordinary. Rather than theology, they are experts in an ideology of detention of political detainees. Human rights need to be incorporated in...