Kofi is trying to smokescreen the fact that his thievin' butt will be sent off to jail for robbing the Oil for Food Program....
roger wrote
Quote:Saddam has won? In the same terms, then, Bush has lost. I've lost my certainty of the need for the invasion, but I'm still sure one of the above leaders sleeps in prison, and the other, in The White House.
That is unfortunate. If there were any justice they would be occupying adjoining cells.
Well at least you read my post McG
If I've made factual error feel free to correct it .
Believe me I don't wish to come across with so bleak assessment, I wish things were better in Iraq (I supported the war initially). But that's the way I see it right now.
Convince me I'm wrong...it'll make me feel better, I get depressed reading my own posts!
Thanks for the links NeoGuin.
Regarding the Nobel Peace Prize, Henry Kissinger was another receipient, inspiring Tom Lehrer to comment that "satire was dead".
au1929 wrote:kitchenpete wrote
Quote:I'll just concentrate on the fact that Kofi Annan has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
So has Arafat!
At least Arafat tried to negotiate. He couldn't stop the terrorists and suicide bombers but he didn't send in the tanks.
I don't have a problem with Arafat's prize, any more than Mandela's or Gorbachev's.
KP
Wasn't George Bush nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
kitchenpete wrote
Quote:At least Arafat tried to negotiate. He couldn't stop the terrorists and suicide bombers but he didn't send in the tanks
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Arafat has never negotiated in good faith. As for stopping terrorists and suicide bombers. There is no doubt that he could have stopped it if he wanted to. He and his terrorist organization are part and parcel of it.
This topic highlights the idiocy that is U.S. foreign policy.
Why did we invade Iraq? Because of WMD, right? Actually it's non-compliance with UN resolutions that the neocons are throwing around these days.
But... we (America) fail to comply with UN resolutions all the time. In this case, we predicated war upon a soveigrn country with no provocation. It IS illegal according to the standards of accountability that we hold others to.
Why do we hold ourselves above the UN and expect other countries to follow it? It's the height of hypocracy.
Cycloptichorn
Terrific posts.
I wanna know . . .
"Where's the money?!"
The war cost 200--is it billion?--dollars.
When trying to unravel any good scheme, it's important to follow the money trail.
So ... who got it?
I got it. And I dug a big hole in my back yard and buried it. But if y'all are nice, I may share some of it with you. But let's just keep this our little secret, ok?
You may be right about the adjoining cells, Au, but that ain't the way it ended.
So far as stopping terrorists, I'm sure he (Arafat) could have. I know of no reason to think he hasn't been responsible for a large part of it.
U.S. Allies Reject Annan's Iraq Claim
Source
Brand X wrote:U.S. Allies Reject Annan's Iraq Claim
Do you think that anyone should be surprised by that?
Setanta wrote:Brand X wrote:U.S. Allies Reject Annan's Iraq Claim
Do you think that anyone should be surprised by that?
As much as they are surprised about Kofi's comment, nothing more nothing less.
Therefore, i declare a draw . . . please withdraw to a neutral corner . . .
I think it's time for a vote of no confidance and replace Annan with the emper... er I mean a new leader.
And here i alus thought the Shrub wanted to be King . . . so he's got his eye on the Imperial Purple, huh?
