Everything moves faster these days, even Marx’s famous dictum “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. ” Now both happen at once as when Mad Ahmad tells us Krafty Kofi gave him permission to ignore a UN resolution against Iran. Kofi, of course, denied this in a New York minute lest he be run out of New York. Who knows who’s lying on this one? One? The other? Both? Farce indeed, with nuclear overtones – ergo tragedy. Meanwhile, to add farce to farce, Mad Hugo regrets the “death” of the living Noam Chomsky before Hugo could meet him and some wizard named George Palast, in the employ of the BBC of all places, opines on Fox News that Chavez is a “great stateman”. Marat/Sade anyone?
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1. Terrye:It has been a strange week hasn’t it? Well if Kofi really did tell Iran they could ignore the UN Security Council then he will be out of there before his time is up. Tattle tail tattle tail hanging on a bull’s tail…
And how could anyone, even a devout communist believe that Chavez is a great statesmen? He is the Mugabe of South America and if the price of oil falls he will find himself in trouble.
I hate to be one of those love it or leave it people …but if people honestly think that guys like Chavez and the mad mullah are anything other than dictators why don’t go they go live in those countries..if they hate the US or the west so much, or even find it is so inferior..why deny themselves the oppurtunity of living in a paradise run by good people who hate Bush rather than hanging out at Fox News or infesting the left wing blogosphere?
Sep 22, 2006 - 2:22 am 2. Fausta:Marat/Sade anyone?
Sep 22, 2006 - 4:41 am 3. Lem:More like Ubu Rex, Roger.
Chomsky on Chaves this morning’s NYT.
“I have been quite interested in his policies,” Mr. Chomsky said. “Personally, I think many of them are quite constructive.” Most important, he said, Mr. Chavez seems to have the overwhelming support of the people in his country. “He has gone through six closely supervised elections,”
For someone generally regarded as informed, I’m puzzled as to why Chomsky would fancy this drip drip dictator. http://tinyurl.com/fatje
The only reason why Chaves thought Chomsky was dead is because in Venezuela Chomsky’s demise would have been the norm and not an not an exageration at all.
Sep 22, 2006 - 6:29 am 4. Knucklehead:Why on earth would anyone need to tell anyone else that a UN Security Council resolution (even one of the nanny-nanny-boo-boo “binding” variety) can safely be ignored?
Will Kofi lose his job for saying (presuming he did) what everyone knows to be true? If someone said the same to you across the ol’ dinner table would you do anything but nod in resigned agreement? Granted this is sorta like the local police chief telling the local crime don not to worry about the town council’s resolution to crack down on crime in town but, heh, when all is said and done it’s just plain ol’ truth tellin’. We’d all prefer Kofi and our chief of police maintain the charade but what damage is done if they fail to do so?
Sep 22, 2006 - 6:45 am 5. Knucklehead:Some paniced, yet at least functionally quick-witted Chomskey lackey answered the phone, heard a Spanish accented voice on the phone say that ol’ Hugo wanted to meet the boss, thought, “Keyriste! The Boss needs that like in hole in the head these days”, and stammered, “He’s dead, g’way!”
Sep 22, 2006 - 6:51 am 6. Terrye:Chomsky liked the Khmer Rouge too.
Sep 22, 2006 - 11:20 am 7. heather:One splendid effect of this extended messing around with Iran and North Korea is that Egypt will start its own Nuke program (Mubarak as announced this); and then, of course, Japan is going to go nuke anytime soon…
I think that if/when the Good Guys bomb Iran, they should ignore the Nuke setup and take out their entire energy/oil delivery infrastructure. Even talking about that would make Russia and China and the EU/twirps sit up and take notice…
And OF COURSE Kofi told Amadadingdong to ignore the UN ‘resolutions.’ I have no doubt that the same whispers came from the EU twirps (including Britain) and Russia and China… and the US State Department.
Sep 22, 2006 - 11:26 am 8. marysaidno:I believe it is Ubu Roi, Fausta
Sep 22, 2006 - 11:53 am 9. Lem:“.. some wizard named George Palast, in the employ of the BBC of all places, opines on Fox News that Chavez is a ‘great stateman’.”
Could that Palast be the same one that made this propaganda video for Chavez?
Sep 22, 2006 - 1:50 pm 10. Ray Zacek:http://tinyurl.com/z3uaq
I think that is actually Greg not George Palast, and the same guy. He’s a ubiquitous muckraker for lefty media, a hero on Pacifica radio and among those who see Bushco as the Root of All Evil.
Sep 22, 2006 - 4:46 pm 11. Eg:I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Kofi advised the Mullah’s to ignore the resolution, back in July of this year Iran’s very Alien Minister Mottaki reported, Iran Advised not to Respond to EU Proposals Hastily,
wherein the Mullah’s took their damned, sweet-time to analyze what’s been described as a very simple, straightforward proposal. Purposely so.
While I’d have to dig-out my old files, thinking back to 05′ or maybe earlier to 04‚Äò, there‚Äôve been other reports – some I believe by now departed inspectors – that ElBaradei along with others of the IAEA staff have been advising the Iranian‚Äôs on various nuances and subtleties of the NPT, effectively assisting the Iranian‚Äôs to develop their nuclear strategy.
Given the fully integrated corruption which weaves its way through the entire UN, even were the Iranian’s seen to be eager to accept the ‘incentive’ package, having the IAEA monitor Iran’s activities is as effective as allowing the Iranian’s to investigate their own activities.
It absolutely amazes and chill’s me to the bone that we’re still predisposed in attempting to use the UN, much less continue to fund it, or have the slightest bit of faith in the Euro’s.
Sep 23, 2006 - 3:21 am