By Mr. Curmudgeon

The world body that U.S. Progressives believe should mold America’s domestic and foreign policy is more than a little behind in its bureaucratic paper work. The United Nations is set to release a long-awaited report praising the Libyan regime’s deposed and disposed dictator Muammar Gaddafi for his exemplary human rights record. And what, you might ask, was the deciding factor in Gaddafi’s favor? According to the report, it was the Gaddafi regime’s “pioneering experience in the field of wealth distribution and labor rights.”

The UN report adds that “The [communist] Democratic People’s Republic of Korea praised Libya … for its achievements in the protection of human rights, especially in the field of economic and social rights, including income augmentations, social care, a free education system, increased delivery of health-care services, care for people with disabilities, and efforts to empower women …”

Cuba joined the Gaddafi love-fest and “commended” the Libyan dictator for his “firm commitment to providing health care” and “asked about the mechanism for providing care for persons with physical and mental disabilities.”

However, Mexico dampened the UN’s belated celebration by admonishing Libya for its handling of illegal immigrants and recommended Gaddafi “adopt measures aimed at establishing the necessary legal and administrative institutions to guarantee the rights of migrants and asylum seekers, particularly the right to due process and respect for the principle of non-refoulement [deportation].”

This leaves me scratching my head. Why did President Obama join with NATO forces in deposing a world leader whose domestic priorities of forced wealth redistribution and mandated health care resemble his own?

Did he not like the competition?