Posted on 12/11/2006 11:14:21 AM PST by .cnI redruM
Kofi Annan has put us on official notice. He says "The US must not sacrifice its democratic ideals to fight terrorism." I appreciate Kofi's sentiments the way I appreciate the punch line of any good joke. I think the shorthand version of Kofi's remarks would read "The US must not fight terrorism."
On a day when fellow UN member nation Iran opened a conference to question whether Nazi Germany actually killed Jews in gas chambers, Kofi Annan's protest speech becomes even more hilarious. It's the context that sometimes lends humor to good knee-slapper of a joke.
Iran may hold an occasional show case election, but they certainly don't have many democratic principals that Kofi could hypocritically demand that they go forth and honor. Iran's deployment of Hezbollah to Lebanon, Iraq, and many other places worldwide doesn't seem to have raised Kofi's hackles in the slightest. Hezbollah received Intel data from UNIFIL during their last fight with the Israelis over the firing of short range missiles at Israel's civilian population.
Perhaps Kofi objects to our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. He probably considers it competition. I imagine he would prefer that rape, pillage and war crimes become the monopoly of UN Peacekeepers.
So Kofi Annan, one of the most corrupt and amoral men to ever preside over the UN, wants the US to make sure it doesn't fight terrorism in a way that violates our democratic principles. I'd like to thank Kofi for his generous concern. But as the women and young girls in The Congo getting raped by UN peacekeepers would put it. "Stop it Kofi, you're killing me."
hey Kofi, you come back again when you're a private citizen and I see you on a street, I'm gonna pop you in the snout.
I guess this is what unaccountable government power does to a third world apparatchik
Sounds like a good dose of Preparation UN is in order here!
Can anyone name one Great thing the UN has done in the past 50 years? Can you name one Good thing in the last 10 years?
I'm stumped. They haven't done much of anything other than waste money.
Take the money and run, Kofi.
Kofi Annan is the perfect hero for those who worship form over substance. He has presided over the precipitous decline of the U.N., but he's got all his liberal buzzwords down pat.
That's for sure. Everyone in the in crowd pats Kofi on the head. He must harbor an intense reservoir of hatred for them all. He puts up a remarkable front.
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