Tuesday, December 16, 2003
UN “Security” Council Takes It In The, er..., Eye
Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister gave what for to the UNSC today in what was a highly unusual upbraiding. And it was freakin’ awesome!
But here, let me get out of the way and let mister Zebari give you The Word:
“Settling scores with the United States-led coalition should not be at the cost of helping to bring stability to the Iraqi people.”
Can you imagine poor, poor (French foreign minister) Dominique de Villepin being faced with such rudeness? Such insolence? Such insubordination?
Yeah. So can I!
It gets better:
"Squabbling over political differences takes a back seat to the daily struggle for security, jobs, basic freedoms and all the rights the U.N. is chartered to uphold."
"One year ago, the Security Council was divided between those who wanted to appease Saddam Hussein and those who wanted to hold him accountable."
(Don't you just love it? Ahhhhh, that word! "Appease." Heh heh.)
"The United Nations as an organization failed to help rescue the Iraqi people from a murderous tyranny that lasted over 35 years, and today we are unearthing thousands of victims in horrifying testament to that failure."
"The U.N. must not fail the Iraqi people again."
Damn straight.
Oh, but wait! UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has a well-thought-out and pithy rejoinder:
"Now is not the time to pin blame and point fingers."
And "nah, nah, nah naaah nah." (okay, that was mine)
What horse shit. Now is precisely the time to pin blame and point fingers. Approximately 300,000 fingers. So far.
Hoshyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister gave what for to the UNSC today in what was a highly unusual upbraiding. And it was freakin’ awesome!
But here, let me get out of the way and let mister Zebari give you The Word:
“Settling scores with the United States-led coalition should not be at the cost of helping to bring stability to the Iraqi people.”
Can you imagine poor, poor (French foreign minister) Dominique de Villepin being faced with such rudeness? Such insolence? Such insubordination?
Yeah. So can I!
It gets better:
"Squabbling over political differences takes a back seat to the daily struggle for security, jobs, basic freedoms and all the rights the U.N. is chartered to uphold."
"One year ago, the Security Council was divided between those who wanted to appease Saddam Hussein and those who wanted to hold him accountable."
(Don't you just love it? Ahhhhh, that word! "Appease." Heh heh.)
"The United Nations as an organization failed to help rescue the Iraqi people from a murderous tyranny that lasted over 35 years, and today we are unearthing thousands of victims in horrifying testament to that failure."
"The U.N. must not fail the Iraqi people again."
Damn straight.
Oh, but wait! UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has a well-thought-out and pithy rejoinder:
"Now is not the time to pin blame and point fingers."
And "nah, nah, nah naaah nah." (okay, that was mine)
What horse shit. Now is precisely the time to pin blame and point fingers. Approximately 300,000 fingers. So far.
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