Kofi Annan says Iraq too violent for U.N. role

Washington Times ^ | 4/14/04 | Sharon Behn

[kattracks]

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that the violence and anarchy sweeping Iraq will prevent the world body from re-establishing a major presence in the country anytime in the near future.

Mr. Annan also deplored the kidnapping of civilians in Iraq, many of whom were trying to rebuild the nation, and called for their release.

[rrrod]

blue helmets make wonderful targets IMHO

[Caipirabob]

Koffee coming out of the closet as a "Furry"?

For those who are not familiar with these...uhm...never mind. I won't provide a direct link to any "furry" site, just a google search with enough information.

[Two-Bits]

Hi, Please take a moment and either call the President or send an email to let him know we, the American people back him. Also, if you could just tell one person to do the same and ask them to tell another, than God willing, we will flood the switchboard with calls and faxes like they have never seem. This is one way we can take it direct to the President and it can not be misled by the media or stupid polls.....
Please call or email and God bless:
Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461 E-Mail President George W. Bush: president@whitehouse.gov Vice President Richard Cheney: vice.president@whitehouse.gov

[Piquaboy]

A Girl Scout meeting would be to violent for the UN. What a waste of tax payer money. Why isn't John McCain complaining about this waste?

[Captain Kirk]

It is interesting that the pro-war folks never admit error. One year ago, they were telling us that the situation in Iraq would be better. I am no fan of Kofi but he an article about him does provide an opportunity for defenders of this disaster to vent yet again rather than admit that they miscalculated.

[cookcounty]

Maybe NBC's Grousing Greg and UPI's Harping Helen should demand Kofi Annan answer to the corruption in the truly vast Oil-for-Palaces scandal.

Oh, that's right. That would be a breach of etiquette.

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

before it became a pawn of socialism?

[meenie]

For those criticizing Russia and the UN for being chicken, Halliburton is calling its people home until the violence settles down. Not that I appreciate either the UN or Russia being involved in Iraq. Common sense dictates that when your workers are being killed or taken hostage, the solution is to protect them by getting them out of harm's way.

[Bahbah]

"Anyone consider my post off the mark?"

No, on the contrary.

[Atlantic Friend]

Before everybody began to think it was politically correct to give dictatorships the same international clout as democracies, and to overlook their excesses in the hope it would "soften" their tyrants...

Last year there were calls for another kind if UN, one more closely linked to the original goals that were keeping peace, protecting and promoting democracy by force if necessary. Frankly I'm all for it, and I would like your President to make such a proposal publicly.

[smiley]

Why can't the United States pull out of the U.N.? They don' like our country and what it stands for...other than their love of the leftist vast wing democrats, of course.

[CWW]

So much for Kerry's plan to internationalize the war in Iraq. Beat/Dead Horse. Nuff said.

[Let's Roll]

Calling Senator Kerry, Senator John Effin' Kerry.

[Cobra64]

Mr. Annan also told reporters in New York that the small U.N. team in Iraq, led by top official Lakhdar Brahimi, had been hampered in advising Iraqis on forming an interim government and planning for elections early next year.

I guess that puts the kibosh on John F'n Kerry's plan to have the UN involved.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

It's time to evict the UN.

[js1138]

So the U.N. is only effective in places where it isn't needed. If 800,000 people are being massacred, it's obviously too violent for the U.N. to intervene. If religious gangsters are kidnapping a few people here and there, it's obviously too unstable for the U.N. If tyrants are starving and gassing their citizens, we'll have to wait until they agree to U.N. supervision.

[petercooper]

Hey Coffee- with all the Oil-For-Food-Scam details bubbling up to the surface, how's your son Kujo doing ?

[NRA1995]

Perhaps we can now call them 'the Useless Nations' as opposed to 'United Nations'

[Eva]

All I can say is thank goodness. The last thing that we need in Iraq is the UN undermining all our efforts at establishing a limited Democracy. The UN has already demonstrated their predilection for continuing to deal with the Baathists and Saddam loyalists. What makes anyone think that the UN would be useful in Iraq?

As the article in the Opinion Journal says, The Iraq war is winnable, but not by the UN.

[TigersEye]

Send the clowns out.