Roed the Toad is Israel-bound
This is precious. The UN is sending its biggest Israel-hater to negotiate a cease-fire.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is sending a three-person team to the Middle East to urge all parties to exercise restraint and help defuse the major crisis in the region, a spokesman said on Thursday.
The team will first visit Cairo to meet with Egyptian officials and consult with Arab League foreign ministers meeting there on Saturday, the spokesman said. Annan was traveling in Rome on Thursday.
The team is then expected to head to Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Syria and possibly other destinations “as needed,” the spokesman said.
Vijay Nambiar, Annan’s political adviser, is to head the team. The other members are U.N. Middle East envoys Terje Roed Larsen and Alvaro de Soto.
For those of you who may have forgotten, Roed the Toad got his nickname after insisting that the IDF massacred hundreds, maybe thousands, of palesitnians in Jenin. You know—the “massacre” that never was?
Talk about your tone-deaf moves. Oh, wait. This is the UN we’re talking about, and Kofi Annan—the man who criticized Israel yesterday over the Hizbullah attack on her soldiers.
I think I need to add a new category for UN stupidity. Maybe “Morons.” What do you think? Suggestions welcome.
July 13th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
And let’s not forget that the last time Hezbollah kidnapped/killed Israeli soldiers Annan/Larsen covered for Hezbollah!
You know how people call tissues Kleenex because the brand has become so ubiquitous? “Morons” is too generic, besides it has the effect of absolving them. (They’re not evil, they’re stupid.) I think the category should be the brilliant title you used for this post “Roed the Toad.” Yes it’s a brand that may not apply to everyone, but it captures the sliminess of the guy and the organization so well.
July 13th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
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July 13th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Aw, they think they are relevant. Bless.
July 13th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
The category of “moron” applies to whoever expects anything but mendacity, political correctness, and corruption from the Benighted Nations.
July 13th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
I recommend just calling the category “UN” to avoid redundancy.
July 13th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
I think Israel should just completely ignore the UN. Ignore them like they do not exist and fight for their own self interest and their own protection. What is the UN going to do…NOTHING.