December 04, 2006

Kofi Annan Admits: U.N. Lacks “the Will” to Save Darfur

Kofi Annan admits the UN has little interest in preventing the tragedy in Darfur:

Although the UN vowed "never again" in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and killings at Srebrenica, the organisation has been unable to end a three-year crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people are thought to have died.

"It is deeply, deeply disappointing and it's tragic," said Mr Annan. "But we do not have the resources or the will to confront the situation."

Yet the UN has plenty of will to condemn Israel while overlooking the endless atrocities committed against women, children, and civilians by the nations that attack Israel.

It's  the UN in a nutshell - dedicated not at all to world peace or to helping those in need; but used primarily by dictators and oppressors to give themselves phony political cover.

Iraq National Security Advisor Shocked that Kofi Says Iraq was Better Off Under Hussein

"Anger at UN chief's Iraq comments":

[Iraq's national security adviser] Mr Rubaie rejected Mr Annan's comments, asking: "Doesn't Kofi Annan differentiate between the mass killing of Iraqis by the security and intelligence apparatus of Saddam Hussein and the present indiscriminate killings of civilians, Iraqi civilians, by the al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq?"

He added: "I'm shocked and stunned by what Kofi Annan alluded to, that the condition was better under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein."

And:

Mouwaffaq al-Rubaie also accused the UN of shying away from its responsibility towards the Iraqi people.

Evidently Kofi doesn't like having the government of Iraq opposed to the killers rather than directing them.

First “Achievement” of Dems: John Bolton has Resigned as U.S. Ambassador to U.N.

This is the Dems' first "contribution" - the resignation of one of the best ambassadors to the U.N. the U.S. has ever had. The Dems should be ashamed of themselves.