Lecturing China On Human Rights

Why is it again we can't lecture China on human rights?

GENEVA - The U.S. government has decided against proposing a U.N. resolution critical of China's human rights policy, officials said Thursday.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. representatives advised other delegations to the 53-nation U.N. Human Rights Commission of the decision, taken after months of discussion with China.

It wouldn't have anything to do with Abu Ghraib, extraodinary rendition, or Guantanamo Bay, would it? It would be comforting to think that the decision was based on the fact that we can't be throwing rocks while living in a crystal cathedral but that would be giving our government too much credit. They just don't understand irony.