Annan says UN must help prevent preemptive strikes

Khaleej Times ^

[SouthernFreebird]

“Yes, some countries have used force to deal with terrorism, but I see that as not the most essential part of fighting international terrorism,” Annan said.

This is what Kerry wants to hand us over to.

[wvobiwan]

Buwahahahahahahah!!! The UN as a force to ensure national security! The UN's intent was to provide a forum for nations to multilaterlly hold in check and/or defeat the forces of tyranny, despotism, and aggression. Not fund them via the Oil for Food program.

[danneskjold]

“Yes, some countries have used force to deal with terrorism, but I see that as not the most essential part of fighting international terrorism,” Annan said.

Because he can't make any money off of it that way...

[michaelbfree]

Great Koffi - you put together your UN forces to stop us in Iraq - POS - would love to have you leading the troops in the frontline to prevent us from protecting ourselves, incompetent crooked @$$hole!!!

[BenLurkin]

Kofi will prevent terrorism by taking bribes from the terrorists.

[traumer]

"preempt preemptive strikes "

Wheel within a wheel, man....

[blogblogginaway]

F Kofi Annan! The U.N. has been totally disgraced!

GET US OUT OF THE U.N. NOW!

[Paladin2]

Annan should explain his "plan" to fix things like Afghanistan when OLB/Taliban were in control. I don't remember things working too well there.

Also the hand wringing over S. Sudan is symptomatic of uselessness.

[atruelady]

- The United Nations must show it is tough enough to ensure the security of its members so that individual countries do not take measures into their own hands, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.

Oh yeah? What's the U.N. gonna to do the U.S? They need to get out of our country. I bet they would feel at home in Paris with Chirac.

[Prime Choice]

The United Nations must show it is tough enough to ensure the security of its members so that individual countries do not take measures into their own hands, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.

Yeah, right. Like the U.N. did squat to stop terrorist-supporting regimes like Iraq or Afghanistan. Hell, the U.N. was in bed with Saddam Hussein all along and now Annan has the audacity to propose this ridiculous measure?

Criminy...when are we going to get the U.S. out of the U.N. and vice-versa??

[RightWhale]

“That is precisely the state of affairs which the United Nations was created to save humanity from,” he said.

Not at all. It's a subset of the mission that the UN has utterly failed to perform at every opportunity. Not to say anything bad about the UN, but the UN structure was created imperfectly based on a fallacious idea.

[Wonder Warthog]

“That is precisely the state of affairs which the United Nations was created to save humanity from,” he said.

Yup, Kofi, that kind of proves that the UN is a dismal failure, doesn't it???

[Moconservative]

The UN was and is a bad idea. It is trying to say that it has power over all sovereign countries. That individual countries have to ask approval to protect themselves. This is ridiculous. No world body or other country should usurp our rights to protect ourselves. I say get out of the UN as fast as we can.

[scory]

The UN has shown itself utterly incapable of doing anything at all about terrorism or the states that sponsor terrorist organizations. So instead it will undertake the task of trying to hamstring any state that dares strike these murderous savages in an effort to forestall their savagery.

Actually I am not entirely correct in my assessment of the UN. What I should have written is that the UN is incapable of taking action that would prevent terrorists from killing and destroying. The UN has shown itself quite capable of taking bribes and kickbacks from terror sponsors in their efforts to stay in business. And the UN has done its level best to rein in the Israelis and thus give the terrorist scum that surrounds them more opportunity to kill Jews.

[theDentist]

Oooh we're frightened of you and your paper-tiger run-for-the-hills army Koffi. Go seduce a goat.

[maestro]

Annan says UN must help prevent preemptive strikes.....in Africa and Indonesia?

/sarcasm

[steveegg]

Hey Cokie; don't sing it, bring it.

[crazyhorse691]

It sure sounds like JFK and the internationalists in the US prepared Koffis remarks. The UN is overstepping its chartered authority by trying to establish sovereignty over nations. One big happy worldwide family where a dull witted cousin would kill you in your sleep because you have a baseball card he wants.

[Gunrunner2]

>>Annan said fighting terrorism was best achieved through cooperation and information-sharing between states, not
the use of force. <<

Okay. . .you and you're UN buddies give each other a library card and we will give the terrorists hot lead. . .we shall see who wins the war.