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...have taken its reelection for granted, and failed to lobby for support to secure one of the three seats on the commission allocated to Western nations (it was ultimately shut out by France, Sweden and Austria). But many traditional U.S. supporters clearly withdrew their votes in order to signal their displeasure at the increasingly go-it-alone stance of the U.S. Their grievances are not confined to Washington's delinquent habits when it comes to paying its dues to the international body - some $580 million in arrears is still tied up in Congress despite an agreement late last year...
...Washington's enemies were delighted by the vote. But the backlash against the U.N. that it will likely provoke on Capitol Hill may leave the Europeans questioning their wisdom in choosing this particular device to signal their frustration with Washington. After all, the Europeans want Washington to pay more attention to international forums; voting them off the Human Rights Commission is likely to have the opposite effect. That, of course, is just fine with America's foes. Which is why her allies may ultimately be left wondering whether they shot themselves in the foot by voting...
According to University spokesperson Joe Wrinn, this vote does not signal a problem in Harvard-union relationships...
Even giving the Bush administration the benefit of the doubt on its hasty retraction of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's latest bit of saber-rattling sends an unfortunate signal to the Chinese: that an error by a lowly clerk in Washington is able to take U.S.-China relations...
Presidential commissions provide the same kind of political cover as that reflexive dodge you might give when a quirky high school friend invites himself over for dinner. "I'd love to," you say. "Let me check with my wife." You've sent the right signal: you're game. But you've also left yourself an out. After an appropriate amount of time you call back. Sadly, you can't do dinner. Sure, you hate to miss seeing the snapshots of his thimble collection. Maybe next time...