Outrageously inappropriate Congressional actions in Africa

I am absolutely FLOORED about this:


I would consider myself a fairly conservative realist when it comes to the appropriate degree of democracy and "human rights" promotion in US foreign policy, and it is always a challenge balancing our cultural and historical values with our interests. However, in this case I am absolutely offended that these representatives of our government actually promoted such obscene persecution of vulnerable populations- and in the name of a minority set of values in the US as a whole! More incredible still to my mind, for what other than personal satisfaction did these men sully our reputation? What possible benefit for the United States does promoting (not even simply ignoring) this behavior provide? This sort of situation should be the definition of the word scandalous... not some bullshit sexual escapades in the personal life of an elected official.