--- Kofi, don't get me started again.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan says
the former head of the U.N.-run oil-for-food programme will cooperate
with an investigation into charges of bribes and kickbacks from Saddam
Hussein's government.
The name of Benon Sevan, an undersecretary-general, was discovered in a
document that alleged he had received payment in the form of an oil
allotment. Sevan has denied the charge.
"He should and will be available for the investigation, and we are
discussing how to make sure that he will be available," Annan told
reporters on Thursday. "If U.N. staff are found to be guilty, we will
deal with them very severely."
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it? I suppose so. Until you read further and get to this.
Annan said that if the Iraqi government sold oil outside the programme, this was not necessarily the fault of the U.N.
Lemme see if I've got this straight, Kofi. IF
the Iraqi government sold oil outside of the programme, this wasn't the
UN's fault. That's what you're saying? Well, far be it from me to point
out that the sanctions limiting Saddam from selling his oil to regular
buyers until he disarmed were set up by the UN in the first place.
After all, you set up the Oil For Food program to make sure that the
oil revenues would go to the people, rather toward lining Saddam's
pockets, right? This is what the whole frigging thing was there for in
the first place, right? Apparently, however, it's not the UN's fault
that some oil slipped out through the various cracks and crevices in
the scheme. Pffft. We can't hold the much vaunted UN responsible for
that, can we? We all know that organization has its limitations to be sure.
Let me point one thing out to you my dear Secretary General: it is the UN's fault. You set up the schema, don't expect to weasel out of the blame when the shit hits the fan.
"If the Iraqi government has smuggled oil and done all sorts of
things, I don't think it is fair to lump it all together and blame the
U.N. and the secretariat because there are things that were definitely
beyond our control," he said.
What sort of management system do you use at the UN, Kofi? Are you a
micromanager or are you a hands-off kind of guy? Do you run tight
meetings, where an agenda is laid out and is effectively covered in a
short period of time, or are you one of those managers who just sits
people around a table for a pow-wow that lasts forever? Do you praise
your employees sparingly, or do you really lay it on thick? What sort
of manager are you, Kofi, when you say "I
don't think it is fair to lump it all together and blame the U.N. and
the secretariat because there are things that were definitely beyond
our control," or doesn't the buck stop with you? You didn't have
control over things? What a shocker. You were supposed to be in control
of things. You set up the schema, it was your responsibility to make
sure it was run effectively---even if you delegated---because, ahem,
you're the boss. That's your responsibility.
Annan said "what has been lost" is the aid provided to Iraqis. "Every household was touched."
You're pulling the "I'm sorry for your half million dead because I
couldn't pull my head out of my ass in enough time to help" Rwanda
bullshit again, aren't you? Asshat. You are a sick, sick man, Kofi. A
very sick and awful man. God help you when you get to the afterlife,
Kofi. God should know better than to help you. It's not His
responsibility after all to make sure you get into heaven. He's just
the boss. What does he know about what his employees do? Would someone
please fire this horrific excuse for a man? Would that really be too
much to ask?