--- Ranting and lots of nasty namecalling ahead. Forewarned is
forearmed.
Man.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in Geneva, Switzerland, to mark
the 10th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide, said ethnic cleansing may
be under way in part of Sudan.
If international aid workers are not allowed into the region,
"appropriate action" must be taken swiftly, he said, according to a
transcript of his speech provided by the United Nations. He added that
such a move could include international military intervention -- but
only as a last resort.
Oh, how convenient the Rwanda anniversary must be for you Kofi, you
corrupt, bureaucratic son of a bitch. It gives you the perfect excuse
to chat about genocide in Sudan, doesn't it? Particularly from the
diplomatic safe haven of Geneva, where all the little diplomats live in
oblivion of what is actually happening in the rest of the world and
what actually needs to be done about it. Geneva's where they draw up
"plans." Geneva's where they fundraise. Geneva's where they speak out
about human rights abuses, and then walk down the street to the bank
and deposit their kickbacks into a numbered account. What is today,
Kofi? The Offically Designated-UN-Chat-About-Africa Day? While the
other three hundred and sixty four days of the year, you look for the
best way to line your pockets with ill-gotten gains? It must be,
because you choose to use the anniversary of a genocide, trampling on
the backs of a half million butchered Rwandans, so you can push for
your diplomacy, your aid workers, the potential
of military intervention---as a last resort, of course. You're cruel,
you know that, don't you, Kofi? To dangle that all of that everlasting
UN mandated hope in front of those poor people when you probably won't
do a damn thing. You're all talk. You never have had the balls to walk
the walk in your life. When millions are slaughtered in Sudan, you'll
use the same excuse that you used after Rwanda: I'm sorry. That's what
you and that lame-o Clinton had the guts to tell those poor people
after they lost everything. I'm sorry.
We couldn't bring anyone else on board. Ten Belgium peacekeepers died,
so we pulled our troops. So sorry. Can't have any western military
deaths. Just can't have them. We can't let our blood be spilled because
it's so much more valuable than yours. That's the ultimate message of
Rwanda: if you were white you were allowed to leave and live; if you
were black and a Tutsi, you died; if you were black and Hutu, you were
allowed to slaughter the masses without any consequences. Whose blood
is more valuable? Well, let me tell you this, Kofi: all people bleed.
And all blood looks the same when it is spilled. Where's the UN
Resolution declaring that simple fact? Somewhere in between the ones
condemning Libya for the bombing of Pan Am 103 and the twelve
resolutions calling for the disarmament of Iraq that you failed to
enforce? Don't you DARE get up on your safe, fat, high horse in Geneva
and tell the world that something needs to be done about Sudan without
first getting off your fat ass and doing something yourself. But you
won't, will you? You're a diplomat. You're a lover, not a fighter.
You will hold a bunch of meetings while the world explodes for the
people in Sudan, like it's been exploding there for the past twenty
years because you can't pull your thumb out of your ass for a long
enough period of time to get member countries on board. When you'll
call member countries, they'll turn you down and you'll say thank you for your time and what contributions you have made.
And then you'll let it go. Because all you can do is talk. You can't do
a damn thing to pull that unweildy organization you purport to run in
line because you have no balls. You're no different than a parent who
has a pack of spoiled brats and lets them run around like wild animals
because you think "it's cute." Well, it's not cute. Your words are
empty, Kofi. Bashir is laughing at you. The UN can't do a damn thing to
stop him and rest assured he knows it. He'll keep on with the
offensives. He won't let in your aid workers. You, on the other hand,
are cruel. You dangle the potential of hope in front of those afflicted
and you'll actually offer none. You won't do it. And you'll wring your
hands in the meantime and make a good show of it. You'll talk to Frontline
when it's all said and done, saying you really wish you could have done
more but no one was ponying up. After all, the UN has no peacekeepers
of its own; they rely solely upon member states to provide them and if
the member states don't provide them, well, what can I do? And then
you'll walk down to Random House's offices to pick up your royalty
check from the sales of your memoirs. How dare you be so damn callous?
You know you can't do a damn
thing to stop what's going on in Sudan. You can't. Everyone knows it.
And everyone wishes it were different. The question remains, though, do you wish you could do differently, Kofi?
That's the real question here, isn't it? Is Total-Fina-Elf giving you a
kickback here, and a kickback there so you'll stay the hell out of it?
Because that's the corporation that has the biggest, most comprehensive
oil rights in Sudan---and in Darfur---right now. It wouldn't be in
their best interests for you and the UN to go intervening, would it?
Let's face it, Kofi, after Iraq, your motives are suspect. Don't you
dare use the victims of Rwanda for your Sudanese PR campaign. And don't
you dare offer hope to those in Sudan if you're not actually going to
bother doing something about it. You are, indeed, the worst
Secretary-General of the UN ever.
I may have said last week that perhaps the international community has
the right idea to stay out of these sorts of events, but that doesn't
mean I'm giving you a pass, Kofi. If you're going to do something---do
it. Don't sit on your hands and play "pass the blame." No one needs it.
Here's your opportunity to show the world that the UN can do some good.
That the idealism behind it isn't, in fact, dead. Or are you going to
play the whole "what is the legal definition of genocide" game again
because you weren't strong enough to force people to act? Because your
current actions sure as hell aren't going to cut it. "At the invitation of the Sudanese government, I propose to send
a high-level team to Darfur to gain a fuller understanding of the
extent and nature of this crisis, and to seek improved access to those
in need of assistance and protection," he said. "It is vital that
international humanitarian workers and human rights experts be given
full access to the region, and to the victims, without further delay.
"If that is denied, the international community must be prepared to
take swift and appropriate action."
What, exactly, is 'swift and appropriate action' to you, dear Kofi? A
rich dinner in Geneva where you'll lament the happenings in Sudan over
cognac and a cigar?