Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:40:16
AP: Oil-For-Food Investigators Resign
If there is a single human being reading this who is surprised that the UN would gloss over the Food-For-Oil investigation , do me a favor. Kill yourself. You’re not smart enough to remember to breathe. ;)
Two senior investigators with the committee probing corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program have resigned in protest, saying they believe a report that cleared Kofi Annan of meddling in the $64 billion operation was too soft on the secretary-general, a panel member confirmed Wednesday.
The investigators felt the Independent Inquiry Committee, led by former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, played down findings critical of Annan when it released an interim report in late March related to his son, said Mark Pieth, one of three leaders of the committee.
“You follow a trail and you want to see people pick it up,” Pieth told The Associated Press, referring to the two top investigators who left. The committee “told the story” that the investigators presented, “but we made different conclusions than they would have.”
I’ll bet you did...different like “Glorious Leader Kofi is blameless?”
Funny...when some private acting on his own need to humiliate others does something that crosses the line...Bush, as leader, is said to be personally responsible. Those same people, when faced with the corrupt immorality of the UN, stealing from, raping, even murdering those they are sworn to pritect...those same people who blame Bush for the actions of someone far removed from him will say Kofi’s not responsible. Even though his ties to the thieves are so close as to be BLOOD RELATED. If nothing else...Kofi Anan is incompetent. And yet the people who call daily for Bush’s head don’t seem to give a shit, and more kids get raped, more money gets stolen, more civilians murdered by UN thuggery.
That, my friends, is illogical, and furthermore we have a word for that particular type of illogic...it’s called “hypocrisy.”
“We reproached the secretary-general that he was satisfied with his top guys, who told him after 24 hours that everything was fine,” he added, referring to the internal probe of Kofi Annan. “It’s not a good thing to have these guys who only say what you want to hear.”
If only everyone in positions of power understood this. From theconvenience store manager to the President, people who get a little power love to surround themselves with yes men.
Hat tip: Ace.
Posted by JimK at 07:40 PM on April 21, 2005
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#2 Posted by Rann Aridorn 
on 04/21 at 10:15 PM -
Look, it’s talking like it thinks it’s a real person!
#3 Posted by Alex on 04/22 at 12:38 AM -
It seems to me the major concern the left have is the rights attempt to weaken the UN and remove one of the remaining bastions of multilaterialism in favour of go it alone foreign policy.
Translation: The left will ignore the acts of the devil himself if as a consequence of meting out justice it causes damage to the one organization they hope will counter evil Amerikkka. Remember that to lefty morons the real root of all evil is the greedy USA, and no proof will ever disuade them of that. Why else would they uphold and show such love for a den of thieves and lying murderers that are the source of the world’s real woes?
Talk is cheap, and the morons at the UN love to talk and hear themselves. Just like the libtards. No wonder they look out for each other.
#4 Posted by padders 
on 04/22 at 02:23 AM -
Alex, was there a coherent argument in what you said once you remove the general attacks? Perhaps you can rephrase it somewhat to make an actual point.
By the way, your selective quoting is a bit disrepresentative, I followed it with:
Maybe Kofi should go, the left might agree with that if the aim here was to replace him with representative candidate.
Out of interest, do you think there should be a UN? Clearly there is no point arguing with someone about the UN if they think it should be abolished; if you think it should be changed, how exactly?
#5 Posted by JimK on 04/22 at 04:07 AM -
Padders, you have a SERIOUS reading comprehension problem. Try reading my post again and see if you can figure out to whom I attributed the saying “Glorious Leader Kofi is blameless.” Then read what you write and see if you can figure out why I’m so disappointed that Padders the U.S. Expert has reared his expert head once more.
Intellectually dishonest, Padders, as usual. You cry about Alex quoting you improperly? You can’t even understand what I wrote in the first place.
#6 Posted by padders on 04/22 at 06:45 PM -
Jim,
I wastn’t entirley sure; I guess re-reading it you perhaps meant “Mark Pieth” but I am not sure how you can attribute “Glorious Leader Kofi is blameless” when also in that article we have:
Annan said the report exonerated him — something Pieth denied at the time
Bush blamed for the private acting on his own? I am not sure what you are referring to here but perhaps it is the person who shoot the injured iraqi, I don’t know. If so, I can’t imagine why anyone would blame the President for that, that’s as you say might say, rediculous. A better argument are those that hold him partly responsible for Abu Graib. I don’t really agree but some believe Gitmo and tacit understanding that this was ok from powers above force the blame up the chain of command. This seems a much better argument even if I don’t accept it. I don’t see anything remotly comparable in relation to Annan.
I’m so disappointed that Padders the U.S. Expert has reared his expert head once more.
U.S. expert, haha on a discussion about the UN. This, to me, gets to the core of the problem. The UN != US.
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#1 Posted by padders
on 04/21 at 09:47 PM -
Jim,
Why exactly do you think the “left” love Kofi Annan or are unprepared to see him removed from office? What is it that he has done that you think makes the left like him so much? I certainly have never heard someone say “Glorious leader” or consider him some sort of saint; in fact I would guess most people don’t have the faintest clue about what his job even entails.
It seems to me the major concern the left have is the rights attempt to weaken the UN and remove one of the remaining bastions of multilaterialism in favour of go it alone foreign policy. Maybe Kofi should go, the left might agree with that if the aim here was to replace him with representative candidate. There is lots of talk of reforming the UN, and that certainly seem something the left want (the left are the ones that want action in Sundan for example); however it seems reform is the right wing word for weaken in this case.