Muqdisho | QOL | June 03, 2017 — If nothing else, Donald Trump accomplished at least one big thing by withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. He gave the world the clearest possible demonstration of something Republicans have been aggressively proclaiming for years: American exceptionalism.
Not entirely alone, of course. We join two other countries, Syria and Nicaragua, to form a hardy little band of three that refuse to join the climate accord, defying the other 192 nations of the world. As our odd ménage a trois became apparent, numerous commentators were suggesting that America has put itself in unfamiliar and unseemly company.
There’s more: We’re one of just four nations, together with Swaziland, Lesotho and Papua New Guinea, that don’t promise paid maternity leave to mothers of newborns. We’re one of seven nations that have refused to ratify the U.N. Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, alongside Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tonga, Palau and the Vatican. We’re one of 13 nations that reject the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, together with Iran, North Korea, Libya, El Salvador and a few others, including landlocked Afghanistan and Rwanda.
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Xafiiska Wararka Qaranimo Online | Mogadishu, Somalia
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