KOFI TIME

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Well, former UN head Kofi Annan, much beloved of the BBC, has spectacularly failed to achieve anything in Syria and has resigned his position yesterday. I was watching the BBC report on this last night and what was remarkable was the backside covering sycophancy directed his way. It was an “impossible task” that the heroic Kofi had bravely taken on but now was walking away from, head held high. Like Rwanda. They love Kofi.

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36 Responses to KOFI TIME

  1. The General says:
    August 3, 2012 at 9:28 am

    Well I am really amazed that Kofi was not able to sort this out when you consider his wonderful record of success in…………………………………………??????????????????

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  2. Old Goat says:
    August 3, 2012 at 9:50 am

    Never understood why this man was ever in the position he held, like the current incumbent, weak and inconsequential. Mind you, that’s the UN and its adjuncts all over, isn’t it?

       22 likes

    • The General says:
      August 3, 2012 at 10:07 am

      Its because you need to have a silly name to become Secretary General of the United Nations :-

      Kofi Annan
      Trgve Lie
      U Thant
      Boutros Boutros- Ghali
      Ban Ki-moon

      Could not possibly have someone called
      John Smith…..or even (God forbid) Gordon !!!

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      • Louis Robinson says:
        August 3, 2012 at 12:49 pm

        My prediction is that the next “leader of the world” (aka Secretary general of the UN) will be one Barrack Obama – so the funny name theme will continue. But I’d love it to be the Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan. A Nigerian would have the perfect credentials for the post, don’t you think?

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        • noggin says:
          August 3, 2012 at 2:37 pm

          does no one remember Herman Banana 😀

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          • noggin says:
            August 3, 2012 at 2:44 pm

            obviously not … its Canaan Banana, does it sound like herman 😀

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            • wallygreeninker says:
              August 3, 2012 at 2:47 pm

              Didn’t he get jailed for not being straight?

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              • Louis Robinson says:
                August 3, 2012 at 3:35 pm

                There’s an apocryphal story about an old time BBC newsreader who quaked with fear every time he approached the name “Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa” in a news bulletin. Balewa was the one and only prime minister Nigeria every had. The newsreader stayed up nights practicing how to say it. Finally just as he nailed it Abubakar Tafawa Balewa died.

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              • noggin says:
                August 3, 2012 at 6:42 pm

                ahhh! … sadly as bent as his namesake,
                the randy rev was as a promiscuous pastor as one could find, with half his congregation, his inner circle and even some of his security staff!,
                apparently the headline as he fled to S. Africa, was, “hand over banana Mandela told”
                i remember M Steyn did a brilliant pi–take, on some appearance, check it out … pure olympic gold 😀

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            • noggin says:
              August 3, 2012 at 7:08 pm

              ahhh! … sadly as bent as his namesake,
              the randy rev was as a promiscuous pastor as one could find, with half his congregation, his inner circle and even some of his security staff!,
              apparently the headline as he fled to S. Africa, was, “hand over banana Mandela told”
              i remember M Steyn did a brilliant pi–take, on some appearance, check it out … pure olympic gold

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      • Old Goat says:
        August 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm

        Not forgetting Dag Hammarskjöld, and the soon-to-be elected Anthony Fucking Lying Bastard Blair, and THAT’s a name to conjure with…

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  3. Zemplar says:
    August 3, 2012 at 9:52 am

    The BBC just can’t let go of the monumental all-time failure that is Kofi Annan, and further to that the UN itself. The UN has never stopped or prevented any war, ever, and never will do.

    My personal Kofi highlight is Rwanda – a superb example of how endlessly useless he is. And after that, he got the nod for the top job. Only the UN, the most venal, despicable organisation on the planet, would have done this. And the BBC loves every second of it…

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  4. Lloyd Reith says:
    August 3, 2012 at 10:10 am

    UN = United Nothing.

       10 likes

  5. johnnythefish says:
    August 3, 2012 at 10:29 am

    Did this coincide with Syria’s last 5-star hotel getting blown up?

       9 likes

  6. George R says:
    August 3, 2012 at 10:34 am

    Yes, Kofi Annan is much loved at INBBC, not least for endorsing
    Muslim-invented word, ‘Islamophobia’.

    http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/32147

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  7. DJ says:
    August 3, 2012 at 10:34 am

    If the Olympics were being held in Damascus, the BBC would never need to report anything else.

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  8. velvel says:
    August 3, 2012 at 11:25 am

    What would al-beeb say if the UN transformed itself into the United DEMOCRATIC Nations, and then managed to really get something done?

       3 likes

    • Umbongo says:
      August 3, 2012 at 11:50 am

      As a matter of interest, the last – and only – time this (sort of) happened was at the time of the North Korean invasion of S Korea in 1950. The USSR withdrew from the Security Council (objecting that China’s seat was still held by the Chinese old regime). At that point the UN/Security Council system began to work as intended and the outcome was the preservation of S Korea under, ostensibly, UN auspices although the heavy lifting was carried out by the USA (and us to an extent).
      I don’t think the USSR made that mistake again.

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  9. melvin polatnick says:
    August 3, 2012 at 11:49 am

    Freedom to a true Muslim means an open path to the Mosque. There shall be no leader but Allah; the will of the people will be expressed by Sharia Law. Satanic rulers must be removed; Islamic anarchy will become the holy order.

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    • DP111 says:
      August 3, 2012 at 4:40 pm

      And all other religious minorities will be shown the door at best or killed.

         1 likes

      • Dysgwr_Cymraeg says:
        August 3, 2012 at 8:52 pm

        No DP you have it wrong:
        Minorities are given a choice, yes a REAL choice thanks to the benevolent reliogion of peace,
        1 Convert to islam
        2 become a dhimmi ( definition of which available from someone called me sir! me sir! but all other islamic sympathisers wouldnt answer)
        3 get killed

        What a nice choice to be given.

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  10. DP111 says:
    August 3, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    Meanwhile

    Exclusive: Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/01/us-usa-syria-obama-order-idUSBRE8701OK20120801

    Just as his Saudi masters demanded.

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    • DP111 says:
      August 3, 2012 at 4:35 pm

      More on the link as

      Obama’s order, approved earlier this year and known as an intelligence “finding,” broadly permits the CIA and other U.S. agencies to provide support that could help the rebels oust Assad.

      This and other developments signal a shift toward growing, albeit still circumscribed, support for Assad’s armed opponents – a shift that intensified following last month’s failure of the U.N. Security Council to agree on tougher sanctions against the Damascus government.

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      • Zemplar says:
        August 3, 2012 at 9:18 pm

        This is one case in which I hope the Russians and Chinese prevail – which I believe they will…

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  11. fitzfitz says:
    August 3, 2012 at 7:39 pm

    Anan, the Bleater, checks all the must-have BBC boxes, the prime being ethnicity : affirmative action & outcomes rule . Knee jerk and debased.

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  12. Leftie-Loather says:
    August 4, 2012 at 12:31 am

    I am extremely concerned that the always extremely concerned mighty Kofi has buggered off.

    Right, now i’m off to bed.

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  13. Finn says:
    August 4, 2012 at 3:50 am

    I have watched with a degree of patience as you shoot dissenters down. The invective on this platform does nothing for your cause.
    Really, BBC have faults but the BBC is not the problem here, Is it? ____ Brown people! Or maybe black ones. Flippin’ hell! What if they are gay too? Intolerance in 2012 is disgusting. I’m clearly a leftist namby pamby Liberal? But you see, I’m not. I like people on merit and I don’t let the cancer of bitterness suffocate me. It ain’t Left V Right. It’s human decency V ………

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  14. Will Jones says:
    August 4, 2012 at 1:42 pm

    Finn, hopefully you have seen enough of this site to understand it would happily close down if the license fee did not exist. It’s not at heart an idealogical issue.

    Whether you are left or right, people shouldn’t be compelled to pay to support your beliefs.

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