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2005-08-15 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-15 11:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Kofi, Kojo and now, Kobina.

Remember when a certain person would scoff at the suggestion that Kofi was dirty? How he'd say there was no evidence Kojo was involved in anything untoward?

I'll be honest -- I didn't see this spreading to Kofi's brother. I had no idea he had a brother, but that doesn't change the fact I had no idea it was going to spread like this. It turns out that while all of our suspicions were being poo-poo'd, we had no idea how big it would really be.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-15 11:55|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-15 11:55|| Front Page Top

#2 It all makes more sense now. Funny how sanctions ended up being a cash cow for some at the UN as well as their friends and family. Alot of those same folks were working really hard to keep Saddam under the gun and sanctions yet vehemently opposed a war or other action that might end sanctions and the oil for scamster profit scheme.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-08-15 12:27|| 2005-08-15 12:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Kofi:
Leave the car running Jeeves, we might have to make a break for it.

Posted by Grerelet Creatch3554 2005-08-15 14:37|| 2005-08-15 14:37|| Front Page Top

#4 I think that those predicting the imminent demise of Kofi Annan's Secretary Generalship are off target.

The problem is not that Kofi Annan is crooked, but that the UN -- more accurately, most of the member states of the UN -- are crooked. No honest broker, much less one interested in the spread of democracy and economic empowerment, will be elected to such a position, at least not in the foreseeable future.

The U.S. can act as a spoiler and depose a corrupt U.N. Secretary General, but there is not much point in doing so -- the Who's lament holds. A better strategy is to get the goods on the crook and play him like a 1959 Les Paul, which Bolton, if he is half the guy he has been played up to be by the wishy-washy, should be able to do in spades.

Posted by Curt Simon 2005-08-15 15:44|| 2005-08-15 15:44|| Front Page Top

#5 Now, I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but I'm guessing that if you looked at all of Kofi Annan's brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, and close friends, you might find quite a few people who made a lot of money during the Oil-for-Food period, and can't explain exactly how they made it. But that's just my guess.

Posted by WhiteCollarRedneck 2005-08-15 16:21|| 2005-08-15 16:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Anybody here seen my old friend Kobina?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
He made a lot of money but now he's gone
With Bevan, Kojo and Kofi

Posted by Claviter Omuque3310 2005-08-15 20:44|| 2005-08-15 20:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Be careful, Robert, or a certain person may start logging your every comment for a future snit-fit dumping.

Posted by Darrell 2005-08-15 20:59|| 2005-08-15 20:59|| Front Page Top

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