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| Leahy: Delay U.N. Verdict |
| 2004-12-16 |
| A U.S. senator thinks Congress should wait for the U.N.- sponsored Iraq oil-for food investigation before passing judgment on the world body. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., a member of the U.S. delegation to the U.N. General Assembly 59th session, met with reporters Wednesday after talking with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and voiced support for the independent inquiry led by Paul Volcker, former U.S. federal reserve chairman. Leahy was asked about calls for Annan's resignation coming from Capitol Hill. "He will give a tough and clear report," Leahy said, referring to Volcker. "Frankly I think all members of Congress -- Republican and Democrat -- would be wise to wait until that report comes about." Leahy also said the U.S. government supports Annan. "I talked not only with the Secretary of State (Colin Powell) but the incoming Secretary of State (Condoleezza Rice) and know that they support the Secretary-General," he said. "I do too." Copyright 2004 by United Press International. Independent (non-Leahy Staff) observers wondered aloud why anyone would care what Leahy said or thought, since he's an irrelevant socialist twit, represents barely .2% of the US population, and is known as such an asshole that Veep Cheney finally told him to fuck off in public for his disingenuous polticial assitude and shit-eating grin. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #7 What Paul said. It's enough to expose the lady as a whore. She can continue to walk the street but the US public won't pay for it any more. The name of the game now is to start setting up parallel, regional security organizations that can actually address collective threats. Start with a CSCE-style grouping of Pacific and Asian democracies with US Australia Japan and India at its core. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-12-16 3:13:45 PM |
| #6 Who cares about making Kofi resign? The basic system of the UN is flawed, so what changes would that make? If the reports find massive fraud and deception, etc etc, then make a 25% cutback in US funding of the UN and see what the UN does to correct their problem. Hit them in their pocketbook and they will reform or fold. Whatever they do, they are irrelavant, anyway. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-12-16 3:08:58 PM |
| #5 I wonder if Leahy will later call for a delay until the UN investigation of the Volker investigation has been completed. Of course, the conclusions of both can probably be summarized as: 1) There is no scandal, so there is no one to blame, and nothing bad ever happened, and 2) Fried grasshoppers are indeed nature's most perfect food. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-12-16 1:42:59 PM |
| #4 When will Spitzer's investigation conclude? |
| Posted by: lex 2004-12-16 1:03:26 PM |
| #3 A U.S. senator thinks Congress should wait for the U.N.- sponsored Iraq oil-for food investigation before passing judgment on the world body. Sooo, Leahy thinks that a UN-sponsored investigation into its own dealings is something worth waiting for????? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-16 12:46:55 PM |
| #2 Nordlinger has Leahy pegged: Leahy gained some notoriety as a member of the Intelligence Committee. He was charged with revealing classified information during the Achille Lauro terrorist incident, outraging administration officials. And he leaked a draft report on the Iran-contra affair, leading to his resignation from the intelligence panel. Behavior like this earned for him the sobriquet "Leaky Leahy." |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-12-16 11:00:08 AM |
| #1 "Verdict first, Trial after!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-12-16 10:50:57 AM |