Posted on 03/22/2007 8:48:37 PM PDT by Calpernia
AN insurgent rocket today narrowly missed the Baghdad building where UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki were holding a press conference to announce that the security situation in Iraq was improving.
Mr al-Maliki opened the meeting by announcing that Iraq had “made huge strides on the road toward stability,” while Mr Ban, on his first trip to Iraq, was full of enthusiasm.
“The situation in Iraq has improved,” he said, adding that he was considering increasing the UN presence in the country.
As he was speaking, an explosion rocked the Prime Minister’s office, deep in the fortified green zone compound in the centre of the capital.
A terrified-looking Mr Ban ducked for cover behind the wooden podium as scraps of plaster fell from the ceiling. Mr al-Maliki’s security team stepped towards him but he shrugged them off, muttering: “Nothing’s wrong.”
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>>>Mr al-Maliki’s security team stepped towards him [Ki Moon] but he shrugged them off, muttering: “Nothing’s wrong.”
Big Bump to the Slippery Eel!
At least Moon is trying, the UN weenies under Kofi blamed the previous destruction of the UN legation and the death of its ambassador on Bush. In truth, these UN liberals are comletely unprepared for work in a war zone. They also do not readily admit those with military experience into their liberal/socialist ranks, and so lack the proper preparation.
That will likley be the last photo op the UN weenies will try for a long time, riding on the coat tails of the USA. They also believe that the Democrat majority in Congress means a troop withdrawl soon, so the UN weenies can fill the US gap with UN "peace keepers" and set up another scheme to line their pockets with UN aid payment kickbacks from the Iraqi government, and "broker peace" with the Dems.
This is also that the Euroweenies and the Russians can retake the oil fields of Iraq, just as they were planning to do before the Iraq war, while running the oil for food scam so that Sadaam could acquire WMD gear.
Of course , we don't really need the oil here anymore, we have Al Gore putting the whole country on bicycles and President Bush going along with the Ethanol scheme.
Now if John Bolton were Secretary of The UN, things would have gone differently in the photo op.
Liberal ideas do not hold up well under incoming fire.One gets conservativism quite quickly, and lets hope that Moon has been converted.
I'm not 100% sure Ki Moon is a liberal yet.
There isn't much out there on him and the liberal blogs don't seem to like him.
I take that as hopeful.
As he was speaking, an explosion rocked the Prime Minister’s office, deep in the fortified green zone compound in the centre of the capital.
Two things you can say in Iraq that just about guarantee incoming occurring at that moment:
"The situation is improving around here." {BOOM!}
"It's been quiet for a long time...haven't heard an explosion for a good while." {BOOM!}
It's one of those "Murphy's Law" things and has become a running joke among Americans in country. Kind of like saying "no-hitter" at a baseball game when one is in progress...somebody always seems to get a hit off of that pitcher right after someone utters that phrase.
Too true! Although I must say the new UN Secy. Gen seems to be more realistic than that crook Kofi.
Ki-Moon is from S Korea, as you know,and they are a stoic lot. Not surprising to me that he'd shrug off a little rocket attack. Sure his initial reaction was to duck, but who wouldn't? He will be more palatable to the civilized world than Goofy Annan.
bump!
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