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Say the answer is likely no. whats your answer, fred? well, is defined by the convention, which i think passed in the 1920s and it constitutes a systematic effort to annihilate people. and i think clearly thats whats going on in ukraine. i dont know why the bush administration doesnt just go out and say that they think thats whats going on . i dont think we need lawyers to tell what were seeing in ukraine amounts to. >> yeah, the pictures are pretty evident. >> fred pleitgen, great to have you o...

Dont vote yes, theyre going to hold them accountable. but i mean, there really are powerful forces here to prevent this type of thing from being taken. bear in mind this committee is usually used to condemn the united states and israel for human rights violations. its a backward committee and i mean, it would be great if russia was kicked off. it has no business being there after the atrocities weve seen in ukraine. but it would be quite a major change at the united nations for us to do that . b...

Kicking russia off the human rights commission or council. but look, weve had rogue states with bad human rights records on the committees for a long time. vote to kick russia off will be opposed by the majority of states with bad human rights records and were going to kick russia off. we should kick china off iran, cuba and all these states know that . so i dont think as though its going to go anywhere. its interesting to me that russia sent a threatening note to some of the un member countries...

Also stirring anger about russias seat on the un human rights council. watch. russia should not have a position of authority in a body whose purpose is very purpose is to promote respect for human rights. not only is this the height of hypocrisy, it is dangerous. >> thursday will decide russias future on the council. joining us now, fred flyte is vice chair of the center for american security at afps. he is also former chief of staff at the national security council. fred, its always great to ha...