Posted on 04/24/2005 5:50:55 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Although he is a man who heads an organization in meltdown -- and whose own performance in his most recent U.N. positions has verged on disastrous -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan remains something of a cult hero to hard-core U.N. devotees among the media and cultural elite. In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize for his peacemaking efforts. In 2002, he won the John. F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his work. In announcing the award, the Kennedy Library Foundation praised Mr. Annan's "courageous and skillful leadership," his work to "confront ... agressors" and "his tireless efforts to advance the cause of peace and end the world's most brutal conflicts." Mr. Annan, the foundation continued, has courageously led the United Nations in advancing human rights, "taking responsibility for international peacekeeping failures" and ensuring that U.S. anti-terror efforts aren't undercut by other nations. In a new book, Linda Fasulo, a veteran U.N. correspondent for NBC News, MSNBC and National Public Radio, among other news organizations, fulsomely praises Mr. Annan's work.
Sadly, the reality bears little resemblance to the gushing praise Mr. Annan often receives from political and media elites. In his two most recent posts (director of U.N. peacekeeping operations from1993 to 1996 and secretary-general since 1996), Mr. Annan has presided over a panoply of international disasters, ranging from genocide to the erosion and collapse of international sanctions against Iraq and the oil-for-food scandal. He is currently under fire for blocking, at the behest of Syria, a U.N. report critical of Damascus' role in Lebanon. Following are just some of the most prominent debacles that occurred on his watch:
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For sure. Annan is pond-scum. Any attempt to de-villify this maggot is totally transparent. The sooner he, and his mob of alley trash are gone from the United States, the better off THIS COUNTRY will be.
Do you suppose they'll be erecting statues to Kofi Annan in Rwanda?
Yes. they will be titled as "Famous Anus".
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