UN drops the hammer on Syria

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The UN Human Rights Council has issued a statement that "unequivocally condemns" Syria's brutal crackdown and murders of its citizens. Syria will fill a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in June. That'll show 'em! (Buncha dam cowboys over at the UN!)

I'm quite sure that some of the "human rights advocacy groups" that have been foaming at the mouth over Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are even now headed to Damascus with some strongly-worded signs as I'm writing this. I just know it!

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There's an awful lot of equivocation in that unequivocal condemnation.

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The U.S.-led proposal passed mainly with support from western European, African and Latin American countries on the 47-member council in Geneva — but only after Washington agreed to water down the measure.

Russia and China actively campaigned against the resolution, while Arab states on the council either abstained from the vote, or were absent — "probably not by accident," noted the Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch.

Back-room negotiations led to the deletion of a paragraph that would have pointed out the irony of Syria's current candidacy to join the Human Rights Council on June 20 for a three-year term even as it uses lethal force against its own people.

As it stands, Syria is running unopposed for one of the four upcoming seats reserved for Asian countries on the council.

The resolution authorizes an independent investigation into the killings and other alleged crimes. But the United States agreed to drop its initial call for the council president to appoint a commission of inquiry, accepting instead a "lesser mission" under the UN bureaucracy, UN Watch reported in a statement.

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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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while Arab states on the council either abstained from the vote, or were absent — "probably not by accident,"

Sure, if it's not Israel, it doesn't qualify as Human Right's Council material...

That council is a joke. always has been and always will be (not to mention that Libya was a member (and even president?) until recently...

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."

[muff528 3]

Yeah! The deleted paragraph only "...pointed out the irony of Syria's current candidacy to join the Human Rights Council...". It wasn't even a paragraph that so much as questioned the legitimacy of their candidacy, much less one that disqualified them from membership on the Council in light of the UN "condemnation".

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while Arab states on the council either abstained from the vote, or were absent — "probably not by accident,"

Sure, if it's not Israel, it doesn't qualify as Human Right's Council material...

That council is a joke. always has been and always will be (not to mention that Libya was a member (and even president?) until recently...

Are you kidding!? They are probably trying to conjure up a scenario that blames Israel & the US for all of the recent rebellions. ...and I'll bet we'll hear about it soon.