Thursday, January 23

Libyan Elected Head of U.N. Rights Panel (via Radley Balko):
Riding on a wave of African solidarity, Libyan ambassador Najat Al-Hajjaji received votes from 33 countries....To oppose the nomination, the United States had to break with the half-century U.N. tradition of sharing such jobs on a rotating basis among regional groups....Al-Hajjaji said the U.S. move set "a bad precedent" because it undermined respect for the regional groupings and worsens divisions in the world by labeling countries as "bad guys or good guys."
Riiiiight! Regional groupings are what matters. That's how China gets elected. And how dare the U.S. label anyone bad guys! Can't all the dictatorships just engage in repression & genocide at home and abroad, with the occasional stab at international terrorism, without being criticized? It hurts their feelings, you know!

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