This first-ever review of the US human rights record was supposedly part of a gradual examination of the performance of all 192 UN members over a four-year period.

A collection of thug, rogue, and downright spineless nations lined up to be a part of the inquisition.

Iran’s delegation accused us of violating human rights though covert CIA operations “carried out on pretext of combating terrorism”.

Russia  recommended “a careful investigation of the facts in the use of torture especially in Guantanamo and Bagram” air force base in Afghanistan.

The Cuban ambassador, Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez, called on  America to end its embargo against the oppressive regime (my words) of his country.

European countries, quickly being consumed by Sharia Law, said America should do away with the death penalty.

Mexico wants us to halt racial profiling and the use of lethal force in controlling illegal migration over its border.

So that Mexican drug dealers and other assorted punks can murder more American citizens like Arizona rancher Robert Krentz?  Forget it!

Indonesia, where Scooter grew up, which also happens to be the world’s most populous Muslim nation, called on America to better promote religious tolerance.

Treasonous Progressive Human Rights Organizations were positively gleeful over yesterday’s proceedings.

Antonio Ginatta of the New York-based group Human Rights Watch said:

US officials were often reduced to restating current practices that grossly violate human rights, like the death penalty, poor prison conditions and sentencing youth offenders to life without parole.

According to a statement released by Amnesty International, the US must also hold accountable those responsible for torture:

These recommendations must be at the heart of rebuilding the United States’ human rights record.

Harold Koh, an US state department legal adviser, did his best to defend the administration, while at the same time, sucking up to the UN council:

Let there be no doubt, the United States does not torture and it will not torture.

Between Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo we have conducted hundreds of investigations regarding detainee abuse allegations and those have led to hundreds of disciplinary actions.

Earlier, Koh had whined to the council, saying:

…the president cannot close Guantanamo alone.

US Assistant Secretary of State Esther Brimmer, head of the delegation, said she was honored to present the first US Universal Periodic Review (UPR). 

She told the packed meeting room in Geneva: 

We take our place in the UPR process with pride in our accomplishments, honesty in facing continued challenges, and a commitment to using the international system to elevate and advance the protection of human rights at home and abroad.

Michael Posner, the US assistant secretary of state for democracy and human rights, claimed after the council debate that the US got “a fair hearing”:”

This is part of an ongoing process to engage with the Council and the UN.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Republican who is set to chair the House Foreign Affairs Committee when a new US Congress convenes in January, had a different view.

She said that the 47-member Human Rights Council was:

…dominated by rogue regimes.

Serial human rights abusers like Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela all hijacked the platform to attack the US for imaginary violations.

The US should walk out of this rogues’ gallery and seek to build alternative forums that will actually focus on abuses and deny membership to abusers. 

Preach, sister, preach!

The council will issue its recommendations on Tuesday and the US delegation will indicate which of them are acceptable before reporting back in March when a final report is adopted.

This administration is bound and determined to destroy American sovereignty and America’s legacy of exceptionalism.

In April 2009, President Barack Hussein Obama (mm mmm mmmm) attended a G20 summit of European countries.  When asked if he believed in American exceptionalism, he said:

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.