[xJones]

Every time I go to Washington - I returned from there this week - I find a seriousness and depth of thought about terror, the Middle East and the nature of power that, whether one agrees with it or not, is not matched by an alternative vision this side of the Atlantic.

It is amazing that Europe doesn't say anything about Libya chairing the UN Committee on Human Rights, or that Iraq will be heading the UN Committee on Disarmament starting in March. The French suck up to Mugabe, who is starving to death over half his country's population, but the UN doesn't say anything about that either. It's the Good Ship Lollipop and we're all supposed to sing along.

[tet68]

. It's the Good Ship Lollipop and we're all supposed to sing along.

By all means......"Ship of Fools...on a cruel sea......"

[steveegg]

It is amazing that Europe doesn't say anything about Libya chairing the UN Committee on Human Rights, or that Iraq will be heading the UN Committee on Disarmament starting in March.

Considering who the class enemies of these two countries are, it is not in the least surprising that Old Europe is silent.