[Dominick]

BWahahahahahah Only the US and UK could interdict the Oil! Isn't that what we did and were roundly condemned by the UN?

[KevinDavis]

[Semper Paratus]

Kofi's legacy is assured.

[Sacajaweau]

Getting pretty brave with his words...but then, wasn't he with Bubba yesterday? Bubba is writing Kofi's editorials now?

[Mr.Atos]

I'm shocked he even went so far as to admit it was a scandal. But, of course his part in it was completely honest. The man wants us to believe he so stupid, he didn't even know his own son was neck deep in corruption. Stupid or Feckless, either way it makes Kofi unqualified even to clean floors at the UN. But, then the UN isn't qualified to run a floor cleaning service. They sweep to much dirt under the rugs.

[HarleyLady27]

I would like the drugs Annan is on...he's crazy with the heat...he and his precious U N are totally held accountable for the mess he has made....someday people are going to see he is NOT a leader, never was, and never will be....when do we get OUT of the U.N.???????????? probably when our boarders are tightened up right???????

[Spok]

I have to agree. We can only prevent UN corruption by pulling funding and support, and getting it th' heck out of the US.

[NoClones]

wtf...

EARTH to koffi...

EARTH to koffi...

EARTH to koffi

[Thrusher]

Hey, c'mon. Everybody lies about billion-dollar oil scandals with murderous dictators. What's the big deal?



/sarc

[prairiebreeze]

"It's NOT just me! It's their fault too! Heck, it's everybody's fault, it's NOT JUST MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"

/pathetic whine

[BenLurkin]

The time has come for the U.N. to close its doors.

A new international organization -- comprised only of truly democratic nations -- will need to replace it.

[DoctorMichael]

Somebody PLEASE put this clown out of his/our misery.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Keep digging Koffi.

[Toskrin]

Right, Kofi, everyone's responsible. Everyone, of course, except you.

[EBH]

Only countries like the United States and Britain had interdiction forces that could have stopped it. But he said they "decided to close their eyes to Turkey and Jordan because they are allies."

Isn't that short of admitting HE knew it was happening too? And as HEAD of the UN isn't HE responsible, When did HE request the help of the US to STOP it?...OH this is just toooo rich for me.

[ex 98C MI Dude]

Kofi is right. We do bear part of the blame.

We listened to the dang 'allies' at the end of the first Gulf War and left Saddam sitting in his palaces laughing (with Kojo and Kofi) all the way to the Swiss bank. That is why we are partly to blame.

"Only the US and UK could interdict the Oil! Isn't that what we did and were roundly condemned by the UN?"

A lot of the oil went out through Syria. That chicken is just now coming home to roost.

[Red6]

OMG-Is this for real?

Red6

[DB]

Summary: It's your fault because you didn't stop us...

[Sthitch]

You are right Kofi, we made some mistakes, but we rectified them by liberating the Iraqi's, when will you make amends for your failures dissolve your useless organization?

[George Smiley]

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday the United States and Britain bore part of the blame in the Iraq oil-for-food debacle by allowing unsupervised oil exports that Saddam Hussein exploited.

EXCUSE ME?

It was the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, not the
"US Oil-for-Food Programme" or
"UK Oil-for-Food Programme".

And what was the percentage off the top that the UN was getting paid to MANAGE it????

Editorial comment: If I had cojones like that, I'd need a wheelbarrow.

[contemplator]

Let me see if I understand this circular logic:

The US and UK are to blame for allowing unsupervised exports under a program which the UN was in charge of supervising.

In other words, The US and UK are to blame because they did not do the UN's job.

I wonder if Kofi realizes the argument he is using essentially says that the UN itself is irrelevant, and that the member states are to blame for not doing everything on their own.