Posted on 12/09/2004 2:05:27 AM PST by kattracks
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan won a standing ovation from the U.N. General Assembly, a rare public display of support in response to recent calls for his resignation from several U.S. lawmakers. U.S. deputy ambassador Patrick Kennedy joined fellow diplomats as they rose to their feet Wednesday, despite President Bush's refusal to support the U.N. chief pending the results of an investigation into alleged corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq.[snip]
"In 15 years I've spent at the United Nations, this is the second time that the General Assembly had a standing ovation for a leader," he said. The last time was in September 1998 when President Bill Clinton addressed the General Assembly "when he was a beleaguered president, under attack on the Monica Lewinsky case."
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The standing ovation appeared to be well-choreographed.
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., in a speech Wednesday backing a strong United Nations, said it was unfortunate that "some in the Republican party, in their zeal to discredit the United Nations, are wrongly calling for Kofi Annan to resign."
"With dignity and grace, he has skillfully balanced the diverse and often competing political interests of the international community, and he has ably led the United Nations with new vision into the 21st century, and he deserves the gratitude of all nations," Kennedy told the World Federation of United Nations Associations.
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this after a vote of no confidence?
Clearly these people are enemies of the United States
The U.N.: a conflagration of idiots.
"In 15 years I've spent at the United Nations, this is the second time that the General Assembly had a standing ovation for a leader," he said. The last time was in September 1998 when President Bill Clinton addressed the General Assembly "when he was a beleaguered president, under attack on the Monica Lewinsky case."
First Beelzebubba, now the thoroughly corrupt Annan.
Why are these moral lepers allowed inside our borders?
If Kofi is forced to leave it could mean a closer look at the UN in general. So, they must stand behind him.
This organization is corrupt from the top down and they are applauding their efforts and daring the world to challenge.
Keep your friends close...
AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER!
Of course, these hypocrites all made good money in kickbacks on this guy's work. Why wouldn't they give him a standing O.
This is window dressing for those not paying attention - hoping popularity contests will defeat common sense.
Let's stop talking about it and do it.
is the CIA bugging the UN building? I sure hope they are, that's why having the UN in NY is essential, listening in and gaining intelligence...
Of course they all clapped for him!...they are all in the pot together!...like a bunch of lawyers circling the wagons...
I feel much better about Kofi Annan now that a truly great moral leader and fine judge of character such as Ted Kennedy has weighed in on the issue.
("Teddy, I think I'm pregnant." "Don't worry, Marijo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.")
To borrow a title from the late John Kennedy Toole's book, The U.N. is a A Confederacy of Dunces.
You're grouping was a little sloppy. Practice, practice, practice.
I got news for the U.N.: You can't polish a turd.
In the Post Cold War era this IS what the United Nations has become.
Neal Boortz has the right idea- kick them off US soil, plop them down in Haiti, and tell them, "when you get this straightened out, give us a call..."
Moreover:
--Sex abuse charges rock UN in Congo-
-- Interesting this is being posted today. Talk show host Dennis Prager had the Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Doree Gold, on his show today. Mr. Gold has just written a book about the UN called the Tower of Babble(i think this was the title). Some of the things he was saying about the UN were unbelievable.
--TV campaign urging: Kick U.N. out of U.S.-
"I say we just give the entire country of Haiti to the UN."--or move them to Zimbabwe or another country in Africa. Let them see what the really do for the world.
--UN knew of Saddam's oil-for-food thefts: BBC-
The sooner we resign from this corrupt organization and kick them off our soil, the better.
Click this picture & goto "last" for the latest UN scandals:
American Policy Center on-line Declaration of Independence from the U.N.
Throw them out, NOW!!!!! We have enough criminals in this country we don't need more who mask themselves as diplomats.
Yeah, that's only because China, Mexico and India are the only ones benefitting at the moment from the president's plan to scuttle our economy on free trade - besides his business buddies and those of the Dems and pubs on the hill that is. If they were making a killing on the assault on our economy, they'd give him a standing O too. Our physical protection trumped their profiteering in Iraq, so they're all ticked.. much like the Ivory tower types here get ticked every time we start lambasting what they're doing. They're no different than the UN types. I guess we're supposed to take it from them because they're profit whores, but they're our profit whores. "Damn everyone, give us our percentage".
Perhaps we should start referencing them as the Rosenberg wing of the two parties..
Too bad for Annan. Even though he is innocent until evidence shows his guilt, Kennedy backing is the "kiss of death" for Annan. Now he MUST go.
No barf alert?
Those cute blue helmets can be seen from miles away. They must really frighten the enemy. As you suggest, they must make excellent targets.
Yeah, I suppose Rwanda and Sudan are just overjoyed at how Kofi just looks the other way at the horiffic murders going on there.
His "new vision into the 21st century" is that of pro-moslem terrorism.
U.S. deputy ambassador Patrick Kennedy joined fellow diplomats as they rose to their feet Wednesday,
We must end U.S. involvement in this corrupt organization of tyrants, socialists, and America-haters. Get the United Nations out of the U.S. and get the U.S. out of the United Nations!
IDIOTS
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