Posted on 07/26/2006 4:59:27 PM PDT by verum ago
Sometimes it seems as if United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anan isn't really of this world. For a head of the United nations he seems to exhibit a surprising otherworldliness. Today, a direct strike against a UNIFIL post in southern Lebanon by an Israeli shell killing four UN military observers has been lambasted by Anan as a deliberate attack. This accusation is without any foundation and Israel has rightly demanded an apology. UNIFIL began as an opportunity for peace, but the UN Interim Force in Lebanon has never made good on its promise. It looked on as Hizballah fortified southern Lebanon, it failed to prevent Hizballah carrying out attacks on Israel. Throughout, Hizballah has used UNIFIL to give cover in battle and to limit Israel's options when counterattacking, while UNIFIL's tacit approval of Hizballah's presence has lent it apparent legitimacy. 'UNIFIL has provided more security to Hizballah than it has to Israel, thereby increasing the likelihood of conflict and helping to make the current war inevitable. Even if they wanted to, the troops could not escape the distorted political constraints imposed by the organization and the nations that sent them. Nor could they escape the iron law of peacekeeping forces: those that are "successful" are not necessary, and those that are most necessary are doomed to failure.' As recent UNIFIL press releases show, in the last two weeks Hizballah has been firing at Israel from the vicinity of its bases, drawing Israeli fire to the international observers. This is a deliberate ploy
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You have answered your own question. The corrupt part is a necessary condition to being a modern UN Sect'y Gen.
Dear Kofi Amoron;
You are right. WE must eliminate human suffering. We can start by eliminating all the human suffering caused by the UN's corrupt, incompete "peace keeping" effort that do nothing to act as human sheilds for mass murders.
Why is a peace keeping force doing in the middle of a battle field during a war? If they were there before the war, why did they fail?
Can anyone point out one U.N. success under the leadership of Kofi Annan?
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21786
Link to Canadian General radio interview on this issue
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