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jrjo
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 Posted: 12/03/04 - 13:59 Post subject: Calling for Kofi Annan's resignation
| Quote: | | Last month, the Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee on investigations said it had uncovered evidence that Saddam's government had raised more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue by subverting UN penalties, including the restrictive oil-for-food programme. |
| Quote: | | Republican Sen. Norm Coleman wrote in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal that Annan should quit because "the most extensive fraud in the history of the UN occurred on his watch. In addition, and perhaps more importantly, as long as Mr. Annan remains in charge, the world will never be able to learn the full extent of the bribes, kickbacks and under-the-table payments that took place under the UN's collective nose." |
$21.3 billion  Annan has got to go and go NOW!
Does anybody believe those billions didn't go into the supply chain of weapons being used to kill our soldiers right now? 
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RexRacer
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Posted: 12/03/04 - 14:45 Post subject:
| Quote: | | the most extensive fraud in the history of the UN occurred on his watch. |
Annan may yet be guilty, but ol' Norm's got little room to speak.
By this logic shouldn't Bush, who was CIC during the most massive intelligence failures since Pearl Harbor (9-11 and the Iraq War) also be asked to do the decent thing and leave his post?
I'll also remind everyone that when the US-led report on the 'Oil for Food' program came out, the names of all people, countries, and corporations who may possibly have benefitted from this were listed, except those people and companies from the US.
Respecting their privacy, dont'cha know. Oh, that and they might just be big time donors, too.
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elkid
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Posted: 12/03/04 - 15:34 Post subject:
The US has wasted a lot more than that on the war/not war fought against our own weapons. Should Bush join Ridge?
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jrjo
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Posted: 12/03/04 - 16:02 Post subject:
| RexRacer wrote: | | Quote: | | the most extensive fraud in the history of the UN occurred on his watch. |
Annan may yet be guilty, but ol' Norm's got little room to speak.
By this logic shouldn't Bush, who was CIC during the most massive intelligence failures since Pearl Harbor (9-11 and the Iraq War) also be asked to do the decent thing and leave his post? |
Great spin back to Bush, gotta hand it to ya Rex.
We're talkin' Annan here though. What do you think about that fraud?
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elkid
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Posted: 12/03/04 - 16:14 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | Great spin back to Bush, gotta hand it to ya Rex.
We're talkin' Annan here though. What do you think about that fraud? |
It's not a spin at all, but a legitimate analogy. You say Annan should resign immediatemente because a big thing occurred under his watch. Like he's responsible for the entire UN. Rex merely pointed out that Bush should be held then to the same standard, in the name of consistency. Like he's responsible for the entire US government.
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Gogirlgo
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Posted: 12/03/04 - 17:26 Post subject:
"Spin" as used in politics is the way something is presented to cast it in the best light, not a deflection, a la Tom DeLay to reporters. I see "spin" get misused all the time around here.
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