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Will the Obama administration discover the truth about the UN?

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Will the duplicitous behavior of former Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan begin to open the eyes of the Obama administration to the true nature of the evil of Turtle Bay?

Annan has been suggesting for weeks that Iran (Iran!) has a constructive role to play in brokering a cease fire between dictator Bashar al-Assad and his subjects. Finally, on Tuesday, the US State Department decided that enough is enough.

“I don’t think anybody with a straight face could argue that Iran has had a positive impact on developments in Syria,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.

But somebody did argue it with a straight face, Mr. Carney. His name is Kofi Annan and he has the title of - no less - former Secretary General of the United Nations. What do you say to that?

“Broadly, on the Annan plan, we believe that it is essential that the international community come together behind the plan, that the plan be implemented,” Carney said.

He added, “We remain highly skeptical about Assad’s willingness to meet his commitments, which is another reason why Syria's future cannot plausibly have Bashar Assad in the government. He’s long since lost his credibility.”

Carney also urged a change of course in countries like Iran that have supported the Syrian leader.

“We also call on other nations to recognize the obvious, which is that allying with Bashar Assad is allying with a tyrant and putting your nation on the wrong side of the Syrian people,” he said.

And what is allying with Ahmadinejad, whom the Obama administration refused to help depose three years ago? And by the way, what does it say about the United Nations that it treats dictators like Assad and Ahmadinejad the same way it treats democratically elected officials like Hussein Obama, and that it regards countries like Iran as positive actors? Hmmm?

No, don't get your hopes up. Obama won't change. But we might change get rid of him.

Labels: Bashar al-Assad, Iran, Kofi Annan, Syrian uprising, United Nations

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:45 AM