[beyond the sea]

I just heard this on the news and had to ask you: do you think this resignation may have anything at all to do with Kofi/Rich/Clinton/oil for food/Iraq? It just seems a little odd to me. I want Kofi's and all the rest of the sleazoids' heads. After all they were ultimately responsible, because of their behind-the-scene dealings, for more of our military personnel getting killed and injured in this war! (This war may not have been necessary in the first place if it weren't for the behind-the-scene dealings.)

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - John Danforth, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has resigned after less than six months in the job, it was disclosed on Thursday.

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Danforth is the ultimate insider. It smells to me like he's getting out of his position because he doesn't want to be too close to anything too rancid. Or am I just imagining things?

[beyond the sea]

Then there's this from FReeper ken5050 about this morning's Danforth appearance on 'Fox and Friends':

"Brian and Steve had been energetic questioners of Coleman. IT was easy to tell that they are both very much in favor of Kofi going. So, the first question they asked Danforth was if he agreed with Coleman's statement."

"Now, he'd been sitting in the green room, watching Coleman's segment. He had to know the question was coming, and had ample time to prepare his response. He's surely been asked the question before, privately at the very least, by other countries at the UN. He gave a completely weak, insipid, non response...along the lines of " we shall have to see"..etc, etc, but then for no apparent reason, he started comparing the "difficulties of investigating the UN to the problems that he, Danforth had, in investigating Waco."

"He repeated this several times, that his Waco investigation was very, very "difficult, very hard" He used those words several times over. It took me by surprise, and it also stunned the hosts, Brian and Steve. They didn't know what to make of it."

"Danforth is also, at best, not an exciting speaker. He has an especially dull, monotonal voice, and he seemed, well, out of it, to an extent..He sat somewhat hunched in his chair, stared straight ahead, vacant look on his face. It was very painful to watch."

"Something is obviously not right with him. Then this afternoon, the surprise announcement that he's resigning. Ask yourself, who goes on national TV in the morning to talk about the UN..then quits that same afternoon?"

"Nope, the WH did a rapid assessment, and IMHO, Danforth was told to resign immediately. Even more telling was the statement from the WH that he is NOT being considered for any other position."

"I hope he's OK...that he's being well taken care of. He's served his country well and ably for these many years, and his presence at President Reagan's national funeral service was commensurate with the dignity of the occasion.:

"But also not how fast the WH was on top of it, and how quickly they acted. This episode, while sad for Danforth, speaks well for the second term of the Bush Administration. They're at the top of their game."

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Strange......... any thoughts?