Posted on 10/21/2004 9:39:02 PM PDT by quidnunc
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s latest interview with British television, in which he dismissed the serious allegations of Oil-for-Food improprieties raised in the Duelfer Report, undermines his credibility and impartiality with regard to the Oil-for-Food investigation. [1] Moreover, Annan’s remarks reinforce concerns over his own failure of leadership relating to the U.N.’s administration of the Oil-for-Food program and cast serious doubt over his suitability to remain in office while the scandal is investigated. In addition, Annan’s controversial statements regarding the Iraq war have further undermined his supposedly neutral position as the world’s most senior servant of the international community. Annan should step down as Secretary-General while the Oil-for-Food investigation proceeds.
In an extraordinary intervention, Kofi Annan attacked the conclusions contained in the Iraq Survey Group Report (the Duelfer Report) [2] regarding Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction program. Annan firmly rejected accusations in the report that Saddam attempted to bribe members of the U.N. Security Council through the Oil-for-Food program:
I don't think the Russian or the French or the Chinese government would allow itself to be bought because some of his companies are getting relative contracts of the Iraqi authorities. I don't believe that at all. I think it's inconceivable, these are very serious and important governments. You are not dealing with banana republics. [3]
These remarks on the Duelfer Report are breathtaking in their arrogance and are a blatant demonstration of the Secretary General’s bias in favor of those nations that had opposed the removal of Saddam Hussein from power.
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When did he have any creditablity?
How do you "shrink" from less than zero?
Kofi Annan is an irrelevance.
Never. The U.N. has no credibility. If we give it and believability, the U.S. will lose their credibility.
Clintoon wants to be in charge of the U.N.?? Geez, disban it now while there still some sanity in this world.
He does with dictators and despots.
With freedom loving rational people he doesn't.
Annan is an embarrassment to his posterity. He is an international characterization of Uriah Heep. Heep was discribed as "a veritable cathedral to hypocrasy."
Kofi Annan is one of those who makes you realize that there ARE some folks who DESERVE to have their heads sawed off. Part of the leftist whine was true: thousands of innocent Iraqis, including children, died in the wake of the "Oil for Food" scam from starvation, lack of meds, etc. The leftists, naturally, blame it on America. The real culprits - Saddam, Annan, his son, and a gang of crooked collaborators (most likely including Clinton, Soros, and his pal Khorodovsky) are the ones with the innocent blood on their hands.
"blatant demonstration of the Secretary General’s bias in favor of those nations that had opposed the removal of Saddam Hussein from power."
In a nutshell!
You left out Chirac in this gang of thugs and thieves.
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I'm wondering how many other scandals there have been at the UN that we never found out about. I would love to get out of the UN, it's worthless.
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Daffy! hahahaaaaa!To Kofi Annan with love,
Bart
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