Hot Air reported yesterday that the United Nations has elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women.  Right.  According to its website, the Commission on the Status of Women is “dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women,”   The article also points out that the United Nations Commission on Human Rights includes such freedom-loving nations as China and Saudi Arabia. 

At the bottom of the article is a question asked by Jennifer Rubin:

“The U.S. couldn’t muster a word of opposition — not even call for a vote. That would be because . . . why? Because our policy is not to confront and challenge the brutal regime for which rape and discrimination are institutionalized policies. No, rather, we are in the business of trying to ingratiate ourselves, and making the U.S. as inoffensive as possible to the world’s thugocracies.”

I really wonder if both the United Nations and the United States have forgotten the call and the responsibilities of freedom.