Better than Pol Pot

Mustang Bobby is just plain right about this:

So, setting aside the eye-rolling by Rivkin, the reality is that he is setting an extremely low standard for the Bush Administration. The important thing to take away, though, is that the United States' ability to act as an international broker on the issue of human rights and freedom is compromised by our actions. No nation can defend the rule of law (or the Constitution) while defying it.

So what? So the US loses international standing, who cares what other people think? So what if our national security is undermined because other nations and empowered actors (ie Bin Ladin) can disregard our claims of leadership on human rights? So thats what Mr. Rivkin.