Posted on 12/04/2004 9:15:22 PM PST by quidnunc
Things are going badly for Kofi Annan. The Oil for Food scandal has revealed U.N. behavior regarding Saddam Hussein's Iraq that ranges from criminally inept to outright corrupt. Rape and pedophilia by U.N. peacekeepers haven't gotten the kind of attention they'd get if American troops were involved, but the scandals have begun to take their toll. And the U.N.'s ability to serve its crowning purpose — the "never again" treatment of genocide that was vowed after the Holocaust, and re-vowed after Cambodia and Rwanda — is looking less and less credible in the wake of its response to ongoing genocide in Darfur. And finally, the U.N. has so far played no significant role in defusing the Ukrainian crisis.
Things have gotten bad enough that some are calling for Mr. Annan's resignation, amid talk of former Czech president Vaclav Havel as successor. ("Havel for Secretary General" bumper stickers are on the Web.) But however you assess Mr. Havel's chances of becoming secretary general, for Mr. Annan the comparison is devastating. Mr. Havel, after all, is a hero on behalf of freedom: a man who helped bring about the end of communist dominance in Eastern Europe, despite imprisonment and the threat of death — a man who could write that "evil must be confronted in its womb and, if it can't be done otherwise, then it has to be dealt with by the use of force." Mr. Annan, by contrast, is a trimmer and temporizer who has stood up for tyrants far more than he has stood up to them.
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This is from Glenn, eh?
water's getting warm?
"He weakens the UN."
I like that!
Going after Annan/A sordid move by Coleman (ultra--mega-barf alert!)
Mpls (REALLY RED) Star Tribune ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1294298/posts
Although the Bush admin needs to keep fire to the UN feet
on the various scandals, and ultimately use the failure to
reform as part of why the US will create an alternative to
the UN, the UN has one more role to play ...
We also need to press the UN to take firm action against
Iran, and by firm I mean:
- allow inspectors now.
- allow them to go anywhere they like with zero notice
- anyplace they are blocked from, gets bombed immediately
We may end up having to act independently of the UN, but
in no event can we wait for the emergence of a second
islamic bomb.
Who gives a damn? The only news is to complete U.S. withdrawal from this commie enterprise.
Just goes to show that you can find some value in everyone.
Even the worst of us have value as a bad example.
Neal Boortz has the right idea- kick them off US soil, plop them down in Haiti, and tell them, "when you get this straightened out, give us a call..."
Moreover:
--Sex abuse charges rock UN in Congo-
-- Interesting this is being posted today. Talk show host Dennis Prager had the Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Doree Gold, on his show today. Mr. Gold has just written a book about the UN called the Tower of Babble(i think this was the title). Some of the things he was saying about the UN were unbelievable.
--TV campaign urging: Kick U.N. out of U.S.-
"I say we just give the entire country of Haiti to the UN."--or move them to Zimbabwe or another country in Africa. Let them see what the really do for the world.
--UN knew of Saddam's oil-for-food thefts: BBC-
The sooner we resign from this corrupt organization and kick them off our soil, the better.
Click this picture & goto "last" for the latest UN scandals:
American Policy Center on-line Declaration of Independence from the U.N.
;Kofi weakens UN
Well when you put it that way. Keep Kofi !
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