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Kofi Annan wants to capture a moment that, had it been up to him, would never have been available:
The success of the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq has created an exciting moment of opportunity. It matters greatly that Iraq’s transition is a success. I am determined to make certain that the United Nations will play its full part in helping the Iraqi people achieve that end ...
Precisely because the United Nations did not agree on some earlier actions in Iraq, it now has much-needed credibility with and access to Iraqi groups that must agree to join in the new political process if peace is to prevail. Now is the time for us to draw on that capital.
I want to capture this moment, and I encourage the international community to come together around Iraq through the United Nations.
The credit-claiming fraud.
It’s only hypocritical if you overlook the subtext:
The success of the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq has created an exciting moment of opportunity.
...to spur terrorists into more urgent action.
It matters greatly that Iraq’s transition is a success.
...at discouraging further proactive strikes by the USA in defending itself.
I am determined to make certain that the United Nations will play its full part in helping the Iraqi people achieve that end ...
Yes, helping the neck slitting, kidnapping, bomb blasting islamofascists to achieve the end of discouraging further proactive strikes by the USA
Precisely because the United Nations did not agree on some earlier actions in Iraq, it now has much-needed credibility with and access to Iraqi groups that must agree to join in the new political process if peace is to prevail.
Yes, those neck slitting, kidnapping, bomb blasting islamofascists again. Peace, of course, means “peace in our time”.
Now is the time for us to draw on that capital.
with the neck slitting, kidnapping, bomb blasting islamofascists.
I want to capture this moment, and I encourage the international community to come together around Iraq through the United Nations.
to encourage and better still, subsidise, the neck slitting, kidnapping, bomb blasting islamofascists.
Posted by Jim Geones on 2005 02 13 at 03:37 AM • permalinkWords fail me. The UN claims credit for doing nothing. The ultimate in nihilism, perhaps?
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2005 02 13 at 05:46 AM • permalinkPrecisely because the United Nations did not agree on some earlier actions in Iraq, it now has much-needed credibility
He is (probably accidentally) saying something we can agree with: If the UN had been for the “actions”, they would (per definition?) have been the wrong things to do: The UN is consistently wrong.
So since he and his organization sucked up to Saddam, and took bribes from him, and worked tirelessly to prevent his overthrow, the UN now has cred… credit… cre…
Sorry, I just can’t finish it. If Kofi murdered both his parents, I’m sure his legal defense would be to ask for clemency on the grounds that he’s now an orphan.
Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2005 02 13 at 08:25 AM • permalinkIn a “lowered expectations” sort of way, I was cheered by Kofi’s remarks. Of course, he’s seizing credit and arguing for his own credibility by annexing a state of affairs he actively sought to prevent - but that is what the U.N. does. Nothing new there. So what’s the good news?
IMO, by jumping on board now, the U.N. has effectively conceded that the elections were a success, that a democratic Iraq is a worthwhile goal, and that the Iraqi’s can and should have the support of the world in their pursuit of freedom and self-determination.
Let’s just hope they [the UN] don’t screw it up.
“We helped Saddam stand on your necks for 30 years. Now we are ready to come back and help you…”
Frankly, if I was an Iraqi, I’d invite them back just to get some of them in reach…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2005 02 13 at 08:21 PM • permalink
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“Precisely because the United Nations did not agree on some earlier actions in Iraq, it now has much-needed credibility with and access to Iraqi groups that must agree to join in the new political process if peace is to prevail.”
We have legitimacy because we did absolutely nothing to acheive this election.
There is a novel argument if ever I heard one.