Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged “immodest.

U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights - Fox News Exclusive

I believe this story needs no commentary, but just in case, I’d like to point out the beautiful things we as a global entity can do when we work together as a global government. Call me cynical, but this is just ridiculous. Why don’t we just let Ahmadinejad keynote the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference next week. Oh wait…


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