Thursday, September 16, 2004
Just so you know... `
In case there was any confusion, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, in response to a BBC questioner, called the invasion of Iraq illegal. Specifically, it violates the U.N. Charter.
Most of the article is spent listing self-righteous responses from those governments waging the Iraq war, saying effectively, "Yeah-huh it is." (None of them speak to the text of the Charter.)
Kudos to a former Rumsfeld advisor for renewed belligerent ad hominem, to the effect that "Annan had no right to question the legal judgement of U.N. member states." I guess nobody "has a right" to say anything, particularly if it is true.
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If you need a distraction from that, check out the raging paranoia amongst those who think the U.N. is a "communist war organization" hellbent on subjugating the US en route to "one world" dominance. Oooh, scary. Like we all have nightmares about giant U.N. jackboots stomping little Protestant churches across the land. I don't imagine today's news will phaze them.
Most of the article is spent listing self-righteous responses from those governments waging the Iraq war, saying effectively, "Yeah-huh it is." (None of them speak to the text of the Charter.)
Kudos to a former Rumsfeld advisor for renewed belligerent ad hominem, to the effect that "Annan had no right to question the legal judgement of U.N. member states." I guess nobody "has a right" to say anything, particularly if it is true.
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If you need a distraction from that, check out the raging paranoia amongst those who think the U.N. is a "communist war organization" hellbent on subjugating the US en route to "one world" dominance. Oooh, scary. Like we all have nightmares about giant U.N. jackboots stomping little Protestant churches across the land. I don't imagine today's news will phaze them.
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