Kofi Was Right
Kofi Was Right
Outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will deliver an address in Independence, MO, today that offers “a blistering criticism of the Bush administration’s foreign policy.” The speech is previewed by Annan in a Washington Post op-ed. Conservative bloggers have already begun their attacks in response:
There’s plenty more laughs in Annan’s goodbye screed. … We wanted to hold Saddam accountable for twelve years of intransigence in relation to 16 UN Security Council resolutions — and Annan opposed the effort.
Good riddance to you and your wagging finger, Kofi Annan. You will not be missed.
The right wing’s hatred of Annan has been fueled in part by the fact that he was a loud and public dissenter in the lead-up to the Iraq war and has never embraced the U.S. involvement in Iraq. Here’s a sampling of what Annan said before the Bush administration launched the war:
Has that moment [for war] arrived? That is the decision that the members of the Security Council now face. It is a grave decision indeed. If they fail to agree on a common position, and some of them then take action without the council’s authority, the legitimacy of that action will be widely questioned, and it will not gain the political support needed to ensure its long-term success, after its military phase. [WSJ, 3/11/03]
“Anything seen as a flimsy, hasty excuse to go to war will create difficulties in the council,” he said. … “The U.S. does seem to have a lower threshold than the others may have” for what constitutes a breach, he said. “The key is that whatever we do must have broad support from allies and the public.” If there is a decision to go to war against Iraq, he said, “the reasons must be seen as reasonable, credible and not contrived.” [Washington Post, 11/14/02]
In an accountable world, President Bush would be hanging a medal around the neck of Kofi Annan, not George Tenet.
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There’s plenty more laughs in Annan’s goodbye screed. … We wanted to hold Saddam accountable for twelve years of intransigence in relation to 16 UN Security Council resolutions — and Annan opposed the effort.
Quick, somone remind the Captain that in 2001, prior to 9/11, Colin Powell advised us that Iraq was not a threat (to us or to its neighbors), the sanctions were working, Iraq’s capacity to produce WMDs was greatly diminished, and Iraq had been contained. Condi echoed some of these same sentiments.
December 11th, 2006 at 12:14 pm“If there is a decision to go to war against Iraq, he said, “the reasons must be seen as reasonable, credible and not contrived.†[Washington Post, 11/14/02]
Unfortunately you were right Mr. Annan. The reasons for invading Iraq were completely contrived as there was absolutely no connection between Iraq and 9/11, nor were there any weapons of mass distruction found. However, your efforts shall not be in vain. America will expose the Bush administration for the lying, war & oil profiteering crooks they truly are.
December 11th, 2006 at 12:18 pmin an accountable world, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney would be in Federal prison wearing orange jumpsuitx.
December 11th, 2006 at 12:19 pmYes, Kofi Annan was indeed right all along. So were France, Germany, Russia, China, Mexico, Canada, the Pope, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold, …
December 11th, 2006 at 12:20 pmRead the op-ed piece. Fantastic!
Well done, Mr Annan.
December 11th, 2006 at 12:28 pmWho the hell does Kofi Anan think he is? Sure, he’s outgoing Secretary General of the United Nations. But I didn’t vote for him!
And now, he’s leaving his job and he’s takin’ shots at the REAL leader of the world, and by that I mean Preznit George W. Bush Jr. He said the U.S. administration committed human rights abuses in the name of fighting terrorism, and took military action without broad international support. And he said it like they was BAD things!!!
He’s said some other dumb things in the past, too! He was criticized by some in the administration and in Iraq after saying earlier this month that the level of violence in Iraq is much worse than that of Lebanon’s civil war and that some Iraqis believe their lives were better under Saddam Hussein.
Now them things may be TRUE… but he still had no business SAYIN’ them.
He gives his final speech in the Harry Truman room over there at the UN Building. Then he has the audicity to QUOTE the last and onliest decent Demmycrat.
And here, he is wrong AGAIN! The US ain’t SEEKIN’ supremacy. IT IS SUPREME!!! We’s the biggest, baddest dog in the pound, and we’s always ready to bite some ass if them smaller dogs don’t do what they’s told. Maybe the next UN Secretary General might understand that and stop insistin’ that the US act in concert with the rest of the world.
That’s just NONSENSE!
December 11th, 2006 at 12:30 pmDon’t ignore the elephant in the room. He also called the war illegal:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3661640.stm
December 11th, 2006 at 12:30 pmKofi has a right to call Bush whatever he so desires, since Dubya is the worst president in US history, and has caused massive mayhem in Iraq!
December 11th, 2006 at 12:46 pmI wonder if he will be replaced by a limp dick who will kiss Shrub-In-Chief’s ass, or will the replacement be someone who will be an effective leader?
December 11th, 2006 at 12:46 pmI still love this ignorance on the part of conservatives. The UN was founded as a way to find peaceful and diplomative solutions to the world’s problems. Yet conservatives think that the UN should be the worlds police, acting with force acting with a political motive in favour of the wealthiest members.
December 11th, 2006 at 12:51 pmWe wanted to hold Saddam accountable for twelve years of intransigence in relation to 16 UN Security Council resolutions
December 11th, 2006 at 12:53 pmWow 16 whole resolutions among which most were under the management of the US controlled 661 Committee. Boy, that’s a sure indictment. Of course CQ would never praise Kofi for aiding and abetting the US in helping Israel avoid any consequences for violating a hundred UN resolutions or so.
Now them things may be TRUE… but he still had no business SAYIN’ them.
If something is right, ANYONE has the right to say it. If our own people were too chicken-sh*t to say them when it mattered (ie when we started the war) then you bet your a** he has a right to say them now, and he has every right to throw the words of OUR great leaders in our face, and we deserve it.
Why? Because we were wrong. Suck it up, sit down and shut up.
December 11th, 2006 at 12:54 pmI still love this ignorance on the part of conservatives. The UN was founded as a way to find peaceful and diplomative solutions to the world’s problems. Yet conservatives think that the UN should be the worlds police, acting with force acting with a political motive in favour of the wealthiest members.
Comment by Rosencrantz — December 11, 2006 @ 12:51 pm
The ironic part is that many people think the UN should be the worlds police force, but they forget that in order to BE the police they have to HAVE a police force. What we’ve got right now is a neighborhood full of gangs and when one of the gangs gets out of line, the strongest get together and combine forces to bitch-slap the unruly one. If you’re not going to TALK and try to come to some kind of peaceful arrangement, then the least you can do is get everyone together and come up with a REAL police force that might have a chance to clean up the neighborhood should you decide to go that route.
If you’re not willing to do that then the only thing the UN CAN do is talk and negotiate a peace, and we should at least pay lip-service to supporting them when they do it, not just storming in and doing what we please.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:00 pmCheck out that body language. Kofi sitting with hands clasp. Bush sitting like he’s going to spit out some chaw.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:00 pmin an accountable world, bush would be the one hanging…
Comment by linda
Wow! I liked that.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:03 pm“the legitimacy of that action will be widely questioned, and it will not gain the political support needed to ensure its long-term success, after its military phase. [WSJ, 3/11/03]”
Wouldn’t it be nice if just one right wing schlepp tried to refute the fact that Mr. Annan was RIGHT ON with this insight?
December 11th, 2006 at 1:07 pmHappy Guy,
Don’t forget that your ALL REPUBLICAN congress was busily looking into Bill Clintons’ cock not long after Al Qaeda had declared war on America. Yep, Al Qaeda declares war on America and Newt Gingrich says: “I will mention Bill Clinton’s affair every time I make a speech.”
-GSD
December 11th, 2006 at 1:07 pmIf the politics were reversed. if the libs were criticizing Kofi Annan like this, with the amount of vitriol and derision that the right is generating now, I wonder if right-wingers would accuse the left of being racist? It seems to be one of their favorite tactics. I’m just sayin’…
December 11th, 2006 at 1:10 pmOff the AP wire – “Earlier this month, at a meeting in Jordan, Bush called al-Maliki “the right man for Iraq”.
Oooohhh….Kiss of death.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:10 pmRight wingers, even in the face of failure, will nopt admit that failure nor will they listen to anycritique of that failure. They prefer to riide the failure out till it’s conclusion, then blame someone else.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:13 pmBush will come up with some incredibly lame reason why al-Maliki has to go…
Now that Maliki fella,
December 11th, 2006 at 1:13 pmwhat kind of a name do you suppose that is?
Mal – doesn’t that mean bad in Spainishy?
and iki, we all know that’s what Barney does on the floor of the Oval Office.
So, well, er, heh, with a name like that, it should be clear that no freedom could be marching with a name like that, so…..
In an accountable world, President Bush would be swinging from a rope. Kofi Annan would be honored by Republicans. George Tenet’s warnings about the upcoming attacks on America would have been heeded.
Isn’t it interesting that ReichWingNuts were/still are so much more interested in the state of Bill Clinton’s adventursome member than they are about getting the Bush Crime Family business partner, Osama bin Laden?
December 11th, 2006 at 1:17 pmIn the picture, it looks like GWB was just told he needs to go out and cut a switch.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:18 pmI think all presidents, world leaders, etc. should spend a year in jail after they leave office.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:18 pm#24 JesusChrist_GodOfWAR
Either all the Republicans envy Clinton, or they have fantasies about being in Monica Lewinsky’s position.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:22 pmhi, z! the tom delay site has found about thirty people to say nice things about tom and so it is back in operation! the site i made has had over 15,000 hits of people who wanted to see the REAL blog… :) /// liars and crooks and raw story linked to it, but, the boys at tp didn’t…
wayne, that is a remarkable coincidence about the deathsquads in iraq…isn’t life just filled with wonder and irony!
December 11th, 2006 at 1:27 pmBush’s Torture Ticking Time Bomb: Sins of Commission
Have Republicans become the party of torture, secret prisons, and indefinite detention? In his speech last month on signing the Military Commissions Act, President Bush declared that the bill “sends a clear message… We will never back down from the threats to our freedom.†“Rough interrogation†(a.k.a. torture) in the name of freedom may be Bush’s clearest ideological legacy.
Bush endlessly reminds listeners that “the U.S. does not torture†and that “torture is not an American value.†But “What is torture?†is the Bush version of the Pontius Pilate question. Bush appears to be using the definition of torture crafted by Justice Department official John Yoo: if detainees weren’t maimed or killed, they weren’t tortured. And the Justice Department acts as if, even if detainees are killed during interrogations, it is best to treat the deaths as harmless errors.
The MCA awarded Bush the power to label anyone on earth an enemy combatant and lock then up in perpetuity, nullifying the habeas corpus provision of the Constitution and “turning back the clock 800 years,†as Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said. While only foreigners can be tried before military tribunals, Americans accused of being enemy combatants can be detained indefinitely without charges and without appeal. Even though the Pentagon has effectively admitted that many of the people detained at Guantanamo were wrongfully seized and held, the MCA presumes that the president of the United States is both omniscient and always fair.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:28 pmFunny that Annan wants to criticize after the UN just mandated that the U.S. led Coalition stay in Iraq for another year.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:29 pmhttp://www.progressiveindependent.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=196&topic_id=1561=
http://kucinich.us/floor_speeches/iq_troops_die4oil.php
Are Troops Dying for Oil Profits?
Privatization of Iraqi Oil Resources
Dennis Kucinich speaking from the Floor of the House
Link to this entry in the Congressional Record
Dec 7, 2006
“On October 25th, President Bush cited oil as a reason for our continued presence in Iraq.
The Iraq study group is recommending Iraq law be changed to facilitate privatization of Iraq’s oil wealth.
“The Iraq Study Group report says as much as 500,000 barrels per day — that is $11.3 billion per year — in Iraqi oil wealth is now being stolen, which is interesting, since the Ministry of Oil is the first place our troops were sent after the invasion of Iraq and we now have 140,000 troops there.
“How can we expect the end of the Iraq war and national reconciliation in Iraq, while we advocate that Iraq’s oil wealth by handled by private oil companies?
“It is ironic that this report comes at the exact time the Interior Department’s Inspector General says that oil companies are cheating the US out of billions of dollars while the Administration looks the other way.
“Is it possible that Secretary Baker has a conflict of interest, which should have precluded him from co-chairing a study group whose final report promotes privatization of Iraq oil assets, given his ties to the oil industry?
“Is it possible that our troops are dying for the profits of private oil companies?”
Insight and Action: Iraq
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Comment by interleukin-10
Hey j, I hadn’t spotted you this morning. I lokoed at the new comments this morning — sickening! They are totally made up.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:34 pm#29 – Either all the Republicans envy Clinton, or they have fantasies about being in Monica Lewinsky’s position.
There is much, indeed, to envy.
Clinton’s administration uncovered and twarted the Bojinka Plot (which, if successful, would have made 9/11 look like a minor event).
Clinton’s administration actively went after Osama (instead of letting him slip through the hands of the local armies that were ordered in to do the job when the 10th Mountain had UBL cornered).
Clinton’s administration kept the world safe as it partied on January 1st, 2000 (even though there were many many warnings all over the world that attacks were going to disrupt the partying).
AND, Clinton seemed to be able to “get some” more often than his ReichWingNut counterparts. Oh, unless you count all the boys and gay lovers that WingNuts seem to solicite…
By contrast, Emperor Bush failed to bring UBL to justice (dead or alive), invaded a country that could do us no harm, gave tax cuts to the weathly, bankrupt the nation, did nothing to help the victims of Katrina, illegally spied on US citizens (still going on), and failed to sign the Kyoto Protocols to stem global warming.
If ever there was a worst President, history certainly hasn’t revealed it. Impeachment would be too simple, too easy, too good for Emperor George.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:35 pmFunny, anyone that tells BushCo. the truth are quickly distorted and maligned. Loves those bullying neoCONS.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:36 pm“The Iraq Study Group report says as much as 500,000 barrels per day — that is $11.3 billion per year — in Iraqi oil wealth is now being stolen, which is interesting, since the Ministry of Oil is the first place our troops were sent after the invasion of Iraq and we now have 140,000 troops there.
yes, share, i thought that was rather odd… those damn insurgents filling up a half a million barrels of oil and, presumably, rolling them across the desert to iran for sale? are we supposed to ACTUALLY believe this bushshiit from these lying bastards????
the FIRST thing the americans did, after killing as many people as possible, was to plant soldiers all around those wells with orders to guard them with their lives!
December 11th, 2006 at 1:37 pmFunny that Annan wants to criticize after the UN just mandated that the U.S. led Coalition stay in Iraq for another year.
Comment by robert — December 11, 2006 @ 1:29 pm
You mean it’s funny that even though we have no business being there, the UN thinks that we are in the best position to actually help the situation?
No
The funny part is that even though we went in illegally, and even though we didn’t find one thing we were looking for, we still are in the best position to make the situation better…… but we wont.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:42 pm#37 – …the FIRST thing the americans did, after killing as many people as possible, was to plant soldiers all around those wells with orders to guard them with their lives!
My son was one of those who was sent for a 3 month stint to guard that oil. Emperor Bush kept him there for 1 1/2 years! Kept extending his duty.
So… I hope all you gass sucking SUV driving ReighWingNuts pay attention now: The gas you burn has come at a very high cost to humanity, the environment, and the politics of your sweet kind caring little part.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:42 pm#12 Swordsbane — when you gets down on yer knees and prays to Santa tonight, ask for a “satire bone.” :)
December 11th, 2006 at 1:44 pmHappy Moron: “Clinton was more interested in sex than protecting America.”
I would like any conservative to tell me just exactly how the repub congress contributed or cooperated with the Clinton administration in it’s fight against terrorism. When Clinton suggested greater accountability of explosives, he was shot down by repubs. When Clinton and Gore suggested armed fire marshals and reinforced cockpit doors on airliners, repubs shot it down. On the day Clinton was 45 minutes late in his attempt to kill bin Laden with a cruise missle, he had spent the entire morning stuck in a deposition answering questions about oral sex. The repub congress was clearly more interested in Clinton’s sex life than fighting terrorism.
December 11th, 2006 at 1:44 pmJC_GoW,
wow!! taking your son for 1.5 years and setting him up as a human shield so that exxon could make billions of dollars… how can anyone think that is right??? how DO these sick delusionals bastards live with themselves???
well, i personally hope your son goes awol and takes as many americans with him on a trip anywhere else…
December 11th, 2006 at 1:48 pm#12 Swordsbane — when you gets down on yer knees and prays to Santa tonight, ask for a “satire bone.†:)
Comment by The Trucker Pundit — December 11, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
Sometimes it’s hard to tell with people like Happy Guy hanging around.
My apologies :)
December 11th, 2006 at 1:48 pmIt’s scary to think there are actually still people around the planet that support Bush… Either the cool-aide has gotten thru again OR their brains have been completely rotted away….
Since “W” has a view that extends only to Crawford, DC and Fox news feeds it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the collective IQ of his supporters is the same as that of a bag of rocks!
December 11th, 2006 at 2:03 pmIf a period of days can be said to mark the end of the era, this past week almost surely heralded the demise of the Bush Doctrine. On Wednesday, the Iraq Study Group dealt a death blow to the Bush foreign policy’s three pillars of no safe havens, preemptive war and democracy expansion. But it is the passing on Thursday of the neo-conservative Cold Warrior Jeane Kirkpatrick that perhaps best symbolized the closing of the book on Bush’s ill-conceived experiment with militant idealism in foreign affairs.
For the story, see:
December 11th, 2006 at 2:05 pm“Jeane Kirkpatrick and the Death of the Bush Doctrine.”
Clinton was more interested in Sex? What about the right wingers with their fixation on homosexuality? Their fixation on ending birth control? Their fixation on how much they hate oral sex? Their ludicrous postion on abstinence? Their insane position that all should not have sex till they are 30 or beyond? The republicans seem to be fixated on sex quite a bit from what I can see.
December 11th, 2006 at 2:07 pmBush today on Iraq:
“We also talked about the neighborhood, the countries that surround Iraq and the responsibilies that they have to help this young Iraqi democracy survive,” Bush said. “We believe that most of the countries understand that a mainstream society, a society that is a functioning democracy is in their interest. And its up to us to help focus their attentions and focus their efforts on helping the Iraqis succeed.”
Where has he been and what has he been doing for the past three years?
December 11th, 2006 at 2:09 pmDec. 11: Rep. Dennis Kucinich Briefing on Iraqi Casualties
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Dennis Kucinich had an incredible hearing this morning with the Lacent and JohnsHokins people..and what they said is their 655,000 figure of deaths in Iraq are most likely an undercount..the numbers could actually be closer to 950,000 dead iraqi’s and Dr Juan Cole of the UNiversity of Michigan said
nonsence for those who say ..if we don;t get them there they will come here.. HE SAID THAT IS NONSENCE!
he also said for those who say..we must have victory in Iraq..
he asked what will victory look like ..killing each and every Sunni??
If you can catch the re-run of this hearing ..it is must see!!
Dr Juan Cole said the US media has hidden the truth since 2003 of violent casualties..both the print media and TV media..and said what the American people know of the casulaties is only the tip of the iceberg!
December 11th, 2006 at 2:13 pmUPDATE: A few more examples of rage from the right.
I love the headline on Wizbang: “Kofi Goes Out Bashing Bush.”
December 11th, 2006 at 2:18 pmIn an accountable world Bush would be sharing a small cell with a lot of his friends and handlers. Annan, weak as he was, came to speak truth due the realities of his position. the same will happen with his replacement.
December 11th, 2006 at 2:58 pmAnd Kofi will be proud of his legacy.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:08 pmComment by Bluedog49 — December 11, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
Clinton also wanted to expand the wiretapping program to track terrorists (legally, I might add), and the Repubs shot that down, too.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:09 pmIn an accountable world, President Bush would be hanging a medal around the neck of Kofi Annan, not George Tenet.
More to the point, in an accountable world, a rope would be hanging around the neck of Bush and Cheney et.al.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:12 pmHappy Moron:
“Clinton was more interested in sex than protecting America.â€
—————–
And I wonder who distracted Bush in the first 8 months of his administration to the point that he did nothing about terrorism?
Could it have been…
Condi?
Harriet?
Jeff Gannon?
December 11th, 2006 at 3:13 pmYou are all a bunch of arm chair quarterbacks. Kofi Annan is a diplomat’s diplomat. We should all be thankful for his guidance. Not get back to work!
December 11th, 2006 at 3:20 pmRe#26 Happy Guy
3000 people dies in NYC on 9-11 because someone planted the EXPLOSIVES that brought three WTC buildings down!
Go to a college library or book store and pick up a “Static Mechanics” textbook, and find out for youself that 9-11 commission’s explanation violates Newton’s law of motion that FORCE = MASS X ACCELERATION, and is therefore SCIENTIFICALLY IMPOSSIBLE!
I offer $10,000 to you or anyone even the president of MIT’s engineering department who can drop a metal filing cabinent from any height and make it hit with enough FORCE to turn it into dust!
I explained it to my mother in “non-engineering” terms this way:
If you dropped a concrete block, metal filing cabinent, or plastic wastebasket from the top of the WTC tower to the ground, would they turn into dust and throw a cloud up in the air?
How come NO concrete floor pieces, metal filing cabinet pieces, and plastic wastebasket pieces were found in the rubbage, when there should have been TONS of that stuff?
Since when does something falling from GRAVITY hit with enough FORCE to change that some thing to dust?
Not even a sugar cube turns completely to dust when falling the height of one story, yet the 9-11 commission says that a WTC concrete floor falling one story into another floor, turns both concrete floors into dust, and also turns all the metal filing cabinets, and plastic wastebaskets on that floor into dust also?
Do you realize how STUPID that sounds!
December 11th, 2006 at 3:31 pm#41 – wow!! taking your son for 1.5 years and setting him up as a human shield so that exxon could make billions of dollars… how can anyone think that is right??? how DO these sick delusionals bastards live with themselves???
well, i personally hope your son goes awol and takes as many americans with him on a trip anywhere else…
My son went into Iraq a staunch conservative. He came home a progressive.
Amazing what experiencing war from the inside of the mouth of h**l will do to a person.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:55 pmIt may be hard for us to swallow, but the world view America as greater threat than any terrorist organization. When a powerful military machine is matched with a delusional government, what can be more dangerous? As this administration merrily marching down the aisle with neo-conservative fanatics to a New World Order, the wedding tune is eerily reminiscent to Germany of 1938.
Now this mighty couple is nailed down on a leash in a quagmire, the world breathes a sigh of relief. America can only bark, but no longer bite. I suppose it is a good thing.
It is NOT just Bush is in a state of denial, but the entire nation is. We admit we have a problem, that is our bottom line, but we refuse to see we ARE the problem.
Ironically, the “War on Terror†is a great success, any American with conscience watching what is happening in Iraq should agree, yes, we are the terror.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:57 pmI’m kind of surprised because after reading the speech Kofi didn’t really seem to attack Bush. This is also the most that Truman has been quoted in a long time. Haven’t seen a Democrat like him in a long time. The party was much different then. The men in the party had testosterone, unlike the pansies in the party now.
Kofi should worry about his son getting into trouble again. At least with his job ending at the U.N. he’ll have more time to keep an eye on him.
I think it is classless to leave a post and blame others. One should focus on his successes. Since Kofi’s were very few (including not ending the travesty in Darfur) it isn’t a surprise he had a speech like this one.
December 11th, 2006 at 5:06 pmOn December 11, 2006 @ 5:06 pm Independent wrote:
“I think it is classless to leave a post and blame others. One should focus on his successes.”
In the memorial words of Maxwell Smart:
“Would Bill Frist mean anything?”
December 11th, 2006 at 6:01 pm# 53
“My son went into Iraq a staunch conservative. He came home a progressive.”
You mean he’s on welfare now!!!! bummer
December 11th, 2006 at 6:05 pmYes, Kofi Annan was indeed right all along. So were France, Germany, Russia, China, Mexico, Canada, the Pope, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, Howard Dean, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold, …
Comment by lw — December 11, 2006 @ 12:20 pm
But not Poland!!! Don’t forget POLAND!!!
December 11th, 2006 at 6:17 pmYou mean he’s on welfare now!!!! bummer
Comment by Ed
Halfwit.
December 11th, 2006 at 6:19 pm“My son went into Iraq a staunch conservative. He came home a progressive.â€
You mean he’s on welfare now!!!! bummer
Wouldn’t be surprised given the huge cuts in VA funding for PTSD and other injuries received in Iraq
December 11th, 2006 at 6:55 pmYou mean he’s on welfare now!!!! bummer
Comment by Ed
Halfwit.
Comment by Zooey — December 11, 2006 @ 6:19 pm
Zooey, it’s even worse – Bushwit!
December 11th, 2006 at 7:15 pmBushwit!
Comment by WaltTheMan
Oh man, that’s low…
December 11th, 2006 at 7:21 pmDaffynition -
December 11th, 2006 at 7:22 pmAbsolute Zero – George Walker Bush’s IQ on a good day.
Daffynition -
December 11th, 2006 at 7:41 pmBottom of the Barrel: The pinnacle of George Walker Bush’s aspirations.
Daffynition -
December 11th, 2006 at 7:47 pmIntelligence committee: A group shunned by George Walker Bush because of fear of infection.
Daffynition -
December 11th, 2006 at 7:53 pmThink Tank: Where George Walker Bush washes his hands of all guilt.
Hilarious, Walt!
December 11th, 2006 at 7:56 pmDaffynition -
December 11th, 2006 at 7:58 pmDecider: A word confused by George Walker Bush with defecator.
#67 – Zooey,
December 11th, 2006 at 8:02 pmI was only hoping to prime the pump. I’m off to preping dinner.
Mr. Annan, thanks for speaking truth to power.
December 11th, 2006 at 8:10 pm#29 Share
You have it right! The placing the oil assets owned by Iraq into the hands of Bush his cabal of the most wealthy people in the world was the purpose of the attack on Iraq from day one. The only reason that the USA is staying in Iraq is to complete this mission….that is the mission to rob the Iraqi people of their wealth and heritage. This is why it is so important for the United States to leave Iraq now and not later. Bushco are trying to bide time to get the “i”s dotted and the “t”s crossed on the contracts that will give them the rights to work the oil fields in Iraq and pay the Iraqi government a token payment for the robbery of the Iraqi treasure.
These facts make it imperative that the United States leave Iraq at once. Today is already to late for the USA to have left Iraq. The UN should force the USA out of Iraq by passing a motion in condemnation of the USA’s attack on Iraq and her people.
The Neocons need to be made to pay for this horrendous crime they have committed. All of the neocons need to be put on the world’s most wanted list of terrorists and terrorist enablers.
Finally, kudos to Mr. Annan for his leadership in a very dark time in world history.
December 11th, 2006 at 8:32 pmDoug
Happy Ramadan
December 11th, 2006 at 9:00 pmIf we leave Iraq, the terrorists will have a staging ground for another attack on the US.
Suppose they nuked San Francisco??
On second thought nuking SF wouldn’t be THAT bad. I could live with it.
December 11th, 2006 at 9:16 pmbluedog49 said:
“On the day Clinton was 45 minutes late in his attempt to kill bin Laden with a cruise missle, he had spent the entire morning stuck in a deposition answering questions about oral sex. The repub congress was clearly more interested in Clinton’s sex life than fighting terrorism.”
Excellent point. If Clinton didn’t lie under oath Osama would have been dead.
December 11th, 2006 at 9:30 pm#52 Critical Thinker – You represent this site just perfect. Conspiracy nut. I wish I could have Twilight Zone music playing in the background while I read your messages.
I course this message might get pulled like so many others I have written. There is not free speech here, totally censored. Otherwise there might be a discussion of Kofi’s stealing of billions of dollars or the rape of children by the UN.
#71 doug – The UN never forces anything except families to give up their children for sex so they can eat. The UN passed 12 sanctions against Saddam. Telling a dictator to stop being bad without backing it up is useless.
December 12th, 2006 at 7:52 amKofi Annnnan has been such an effective Secretary General of the UN. His self-effacing and gentle tone reflects perfectly the thoughtful lethargic response of the UN to Darfur, etc. And the way Kofi got to the bottom of the UN/Oil for Food scandal! (I suppose the way Kofi and Co. were in bed with Saddam, it’s understandable he would be upset when Saddam was booted. When his son, Kojoey and other erstwhile “diplocrooks” had their shennanigans exposed, the Secretary General did everything in his power NOT to cooperate. ) It’s hard to keep track of all the UN successes when there haven’t been many…..
Goood riddance, Kofi…..now could you take the rest of the UN with you?
December 12th, 2006 at 10:42 amP.S. I KNEW TP would take great delight in Kofi’s remarks…..no surprise THERE….
December 12th, 2006 at 10:44 amShouldn’t Kofi Annan present this speech years back?
December 12th, 2006 at 12:25 pmHappy Guy you are just deflecting. My point still stands Bushco has attacked Iraq to rob it. The US is acting as a bunch of highway robbers who think nothing of killing whoever gets in the way of the Neocon greed. Now matter how get the USA out of Iraq. There are many reasons why members of the UN vote the way they do. I simply say let the UN vote on demanding that the US leave Iraq. Your predicting the outcome is a futile excercise and merely deflects from the enterprise of saving the Iraqis from the USA.
December 12th, 2006 at 12:55 pm“”"My point still stands Bushco has attacked Iraq to rob it. “”"
Prove it!!
How much did he rob?
Where’s the money?
You’re one of the Dem Lib Sheep.
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