And What a terrific Job You Did, Kofi...Dec 8th, 2006 - 21:15:51

Taking all that Oil-for-Food money really helped those Kurds in Iraq, by perpetuating their persecution for years.

You really stood up for those S.African farmers who had their land confiscated.

You made some really useless progress on human rights in Africa, no doubt because the cowards who run those nations put you in place to stifle debate

You really made a case for helping the situation in Darfur, by doing absolutely nothing to get local support, from an area that you have the most influence.

Yes, Kofi, it's hard to see you go.(Not!)

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CraigDec 8th, 2006 - 23:37:56

We see the limits of the 'all peaceful' approach. We need to have 2 styles of response: a peaceful response toward democratic peaceful governments, and a more hostile response to non-democratic and non-peaceful governments. Negotiations with Sudan and Zimbabwe is about as useful as negotiations with North Korea, Iran, Syra, as was Hitler. Are we worried about stepping on Kim Jong Ill's 'mandate of the people'? We need a backruptcy court for failed states; democratic backruptcy, moral bankruptcy, and societal bankruptcy. Colonialism should come back for failed states, as long as it is based on responsibility and duty instead of power, control, and greed. With auditable transparancy and openness.

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Sprintracer4Dec 9th, 2006 - 01:57:07

spot on. Ghandi once sais people prefer their own bad government to someone elses good government. I wonder if they would feel that way after a generation of bad government?

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brianDec 11th, 2006 - 21:39:43

The man has done the best job he could with idiots like the first few
writers having their representitives on the war wagon for other oil rich the countries.
Sudan unfortunately is not rich in oil and so America could'nt care less about a few more dead brown people.
As for south African White supremisists having their land stolen back by its
rightful owners. Good for them .
i believe in 1921 the irish should have taken back all lands and properties from
the westbrits who had stayed behind.In the 1980s margaret thatcher of england made an aggreement with bob mugabi that 10 years after the revolution he could pay a fair price for the land and take it back. He did pay a fair price. He let the colonists spend another 10 years in his country an let them live which is a lot more than they did for the local people who they raped and robbed for two hundred years. If I were a black man in charge of the UN Id do as he did.
Well done Kofi.

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