HEY, WELCOME, GUY! - AT 3:27 P.M. ET:  From AP: 

DOHA, Qatar–Sudan's president, who is sought by an international court on charges of war crimes in Darfur, received a warm welcome Sunday in Qatar, where he will attend this week's Arab League summit.

President Omar al-Bashir was greeted with hugs and kisses by Qatar's emir in a red-carpet welcome at Doha's airport on Sunday. He later had coffee with the emir and the head of the Arab League. The summit begins Monday.

The 22-country Arab League has already said it would not enforce the International Criminal Court's arrest order for al-Bashir issued on March 4 and the Sudanese leader visited Eritrea, Egypt and Libya over the past week in a show of defiance.

COMMENT:  You know, life is always worth living if you have friends.  And, of course, who are we to question the decisions of the Arab League?  We must respect cultural differences.  Right?

Yuch.

March 29, 2009