A human rights staffer resigned from the State Department last week. It seems that for some people, human rights only go to some, not all. In this case, the problem with a State Department employee is the United States arming Israel.
Annelle Sheline resigned in protest after a year as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. She’s irritated she isn’t making foreign policy is my take on her situation. Mind you, she was only there for a year, choosing to resign on her one-year anniversary in a two-year commitment. She is incredulous that other staffers don’t see the world as she does.
Sheline said she had planned to leave quietly, telling her bosses it was over Gaza, but decided to speak up at the request of colleagues who told her they wanted to resign but couldn’t because of financial or family considerations.
Sheline said that despite the…
