The Company We Keep   

By Jay Nordlinger
June 28, 2010
NRO
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Have you heard the latest news from the U.N. Human Rights Council  --  the most exalted body within the most exalted body in all the world? Cuba, as a nation  --  as a government, rather  --  has been elected vice president of the council. In celebration, the Cubangovernment put out a statement:"The election of Cuba to this important post recognizes the exemplary work of the Cuban Revolution in favor of the human rights of its people and the world. It also shows respect for Cuba's active and committed work as a founding member of the U.N. Human Rights Council in defense of truth and justice and for its leadership in favor of the noblest causes."Bear in mind that Cuba is a one-party dictatorship with a gulag. (Therefore, it's perfect for the U.N. Human Rights Council.)Can you stand a little more news? Miguel d'Escoto, the old Sandinista foreign minister, and a classic anti-American and anti-Semite, has just been appointed to the council's advisory panel. Of course.And, in this article [HYPERLINK: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/06/18/2010-06-18_the_uns_war_on_israel_continues__and_the_us_is_silent.html], Anne Bayefsky tells us this: "With the adoption of yet another resolution critical of Israel, the Council has adopted more resolutions and decisions condemning Israel than all other 191 UN member states combined."Our previous president, George W. Bush, thought that the United States should have nothing to do with this council  --  that it was too disgraceful to join. Too contrary to the U.N.'s founding principles to dignify. His successor, President Obama, immediately had the U.S. join the council. The argument of Team Obama was that the U.S., by its presence, would improve the council.Sure! Nice going, guys.