A bit of a comeupance for our transatlantic overseers, n'est pas?
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Is a Petty Officer supposed to be petty? 'Cuz Miles O'Brien was a Chief Petty Officer, but he didn't seem to be as petty as you might think being a Chief Petty Officer required.
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Actually, the prevalent theory is that he was actually a senior chief petty officer. Even worse. :-)
So, the Soviets were on the human rights commission while Stalin was in charge? There's irony for you...
"...which assigns investigators to probe abuses around the world."
You don't even want to know how I misread that. Actually, come to think of it, it would have been an easy typo to make. The 'n' is right next to the 'b'...
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France, Austria, Sweden, Sudan, Bahrain, South Korea, Pakistan, Croatia, Armenia, Chile, Mexico, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda. France --- ok, I see how that works Austria ----- same thing, logical choice Sweden ------ same Sudan ----- ??? Not even gonna ask how this happened Bahrain ------ Never heard of this country in my life South Korea ----- Okay, this makes sense too Pakistan ------- ???? aren't these the nuke problem people? Croatia -------- Makes sense Armenia ------ Heard of it, but only once or twice Chile -------- not as bad a choice as some others Mexico -------- I think a lot of world leaders got a brand new Passat Sierra Leone ------- That's a country? Togo ------ Never, ever, ever heard of it, thought it was food Uganda ------- Wasn't this another one of those countries that can't fend for their own people much less butt into other's business?
I really dislike the US, but even I think that they should have been in here ahead of many, many others, this is just shamefull.
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There's a regional quota on the committees, IIRC. If it was just the 20 most highly-regarded members when it came human rights, the committee would have nothing but Western states on it, which would then give it basically no credibility when it comes to dealing with abuses of human rights in non-western nations.
But I can't see why the Americans are up in arms about it. You miss out on a couple of years after having it for 53. Big deal. The Americans love sitting on committees, but when it comes to the actual nuts and bolts of the UN they stick their thumbs up their asses and complain. Need I bring up the fact that the US refused to pay its UN dues for how many years and waited till the organization went almost broke before strongarming the UN into accepting new conditions where it paid substantially less into the budget than it had been meant to? Or the fact that despite having the most powerful military on Earth, the US contributes fewer peacekeepers than wimpy little Canada and a half-dozen other members?
Fair is fair. If you don't put your fair share into the UN, don't expect involvement on every committee.
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Bahrain ------ Never heard of this country in my life
Just because you've never heard of it, that doesn't make it invalid. It's an island in the Persian Gulf, near Qatar. That's near the United Arab Emirates. Which is next to Oman.
You've probably never heard of any of those, have you?
Armenia ------ Heard of it, but only once or twice
Remember that whole Kosovo problem? There was a lot of talk about Armenia then.
And Mother Teresa was from Armenia.
Togo ------ Never, ever, ever heard of it, thought it was food
It's a long, skinny country on the west coast of Africa. It's bordered by Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso.
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Wimpy? Little? Canada? I am gonna ram THE biggest hockey stick up your american ass! The Arrow was the best fighter ever, but instead we f*d up and got your stupid missiles. We are the SECOND largest landmass, you are the FOURTH! And we KICK YOUR ASS at hockey!!
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Oh, my, Canada has more ice than we do. I bow before their emminent superiority.
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"The Arrow was the best fighter ever, but instead we f*d up and got your stupid missiles."
Now I must object here. Have we gotten so PC that we now have to censor harmless words like "fed" incase they offend fat people? This is an outrage. Mud the far cus.
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