***CNN -The terrorist state of Russia has just been suspended from the Human Rights Council***

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The hyperbole is mine.

[dchill]

1. I, too, like a little hyperbole. Especially in the morning!

[SmallFry]

2. For maintaining the exact same positions on human rights....

That they held when they were voted in.

[lagomorph777]

3. Perfect. Next, please kick them off the Security Council.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. That is legally impossible unless they vote to remove themselves.

[lagomorph777]

5. How freaking stupid is that?

It's as broken as the US Constitution.

[Angleae]

6. Actually it is. "Russia" was never named to the security council.

The USSR was and that country no longer exists. Russia was just a state just like California or Texas.