MORE ENLIGHTENMENT AT THE U.N. - AT 11:29 A.M. ET:  For those of you who follow the great reform efforts at the U.N., which will undoubtedly turn the organization into the freedom-loving, peace-seeking organization that we all want, consider:

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The next president of the U.N. General Assembly will be a Libyan politician, marking another step for the once-isolated country as it seeks an increasingly larger role in world affairs.

Ali Abdessalam Treki, who has been in charge of his nation's relationship with the Africa Union, won election Wednesday by acclamation rather than a vote in the General Assembly, the world's forum for debate among 192 member nations.

How inspiring.  And...

The country has continued to re-emerge on the world scene with its current non-permanent seat on the 15-nation Security Council, where the real power at the U.N. is concentrated.

But, Libya's ambassadors have blocked U.S.-proposed remarks on Darfur. The country has also led Arab efforts seeking to open border crossings into Gaza without monitors and to keeping tunnels Hamas has used to smuggle arms.

COMMENT:  Another great day at the U.N.  I don't believe, by the way, that the Obama administration raised any particular objection to this obscenity.  After all, we must reach out and understand.  Can't we all get along?

Perhaps the families of victims of Pan Am 103, which was brought down by the work of Libyan agents, raised some concerns.  But, you know, we must go beyond those emotional people.  We're intellectuals, you know.

June 11, 2009