CHEERS FOR THE WASHINGTON POST - AT 2:56 P.M. ET:  We give credit where it's due here, and the Washington Post today shows that, among liberal papers, it has the most thoughtful editorial page.  It slams the Obama administration's indifference to human rights, and nails Ms. Hillary directly.  We thank reader Tom Wharton and Gateway Pundit for alerting us to this great editorial:

SECRETARY OF STATE Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to devalue and undermine the U.S. diplomatic tradition of human rights advocacy. On her first foreign trip, to Asia, she was dismissive about raising human rights concerns with China's communist government, saying "those issues can't interfere" with economic, security or environmental matters. In last week's visit to the Middle East and Europe, she undercut the State Department's own reporting regarding two problematic American allies: Egypt and Turkey.

No more party invitations to Hillary's house for WaPo editors.  Secretary Clinton was asked if the State Department's negative report on Egyptian human-rights practices would have any impact on policy:

Ms. Clinton was then asked whether there would be any connection between the report and a prospective invitation to President Hosni Mubarak to visit Washington. "It is not in any way connected," she replied, adding: "I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family. So I hope to see him often here in Egypt and in the United States." Ms. Clinton's words will be treasured by al-Qaeda recruiters and anti-American propagandists throughout the Middle East. She appears oblivious to how offensive such statements are to the millions of Egyptians who loathe Mr. Mubarak's oppressive government and blame the United States for propping it up.

COMMENT:  What is sickening is the silence of most "progressives" about this obscenity.  What kind of country are we?  Apparently, we're going back to the days of "realism" in foreign policy.  But that "realism" wasn't very realistic, as we've found out time and again.  The Post should be praised for reminding "liberals" what liberalism is supposed to be about, but isn't.  Harry Truman, Jack Kennedy, Henry Jackson - they must be turning over in their graves.

Read the whole editorial.  Well worth it.  More "change" we can't believe in.

March 10, 2009