31 March 2007

Effete & limp wristed organisation attempts to call out manly United States

A United Nations human rights expert, Philip Alston, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, has harshly criticised Iran, the Russian Federation, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Indonesia and the United States over their role in extra-judicial killings. He does seem to have overlooked Israel for some reason.

A propos of United States claims that such acts are part and parcel of the "War on Terra" Mr. Alston said:

"While this argument is convenient because it enables the US to effectively exempt itself from scrutiny, if accepted it would constitute a huge step backwards in the struggle to promote human rights."

This would all be extremely worrisome if no less of an expert than John Bolton were not around to remind us that the United Nations doesn't exists. Whew. That was a close one.

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