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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Kofi Annan accused of 'living on Mars'
2012-03-09
Kofi Annan, the former UN chief appointed joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, has been accused of "living on Mars" after saying he wanted the Assad government and opposition to enter dialogue.
Good point...
Mr Annan has said his mission was to start a "political process" to resolve the conflict in the country. He is due this weekend in Syria where he will meet with Assad.

In comments made in Cairo on Thursday after talks with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby, Annan warned against further militarisation of the Syrian conflict and urged the opposition to come together with the government to find a political solution.

"I hope that no one is thinking very seriously of using force in this situation," Annan said. "I believe any further militarization would make the situation worse."
Gee, who might be using force right now Kofi? How about Pencilneck and his goons? Kofi is advocating unilateral disarmament, but then, he IS from the United Nations...
He also said he would be making "realistic" proposals to resolve the conflict. He did not elaborate.
After all, lunch as yet to be served...
Activists however rejected his calls for dialogue.

"It seems he lives on Mars," said Mohammad Saeed, an activist in the Damascus suburb of Douma.

"Between us and Bashar Assad are the bodies of 5,000 martyrs. We can't hear each other even if we wanted to," he said. "What dialogue are they talking about?"
Posted by:tipper

#6  I was kind of expecting Annan to be featured in the upcoming "MIB III".
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-03-09 21:22  

#5  The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Which are usually cemented in by folks like Kofi Annan.
Jeezus, he was useless before and now he's worse than useless. Fortunately, most people seem to be aware of that now, and soon he can go back to Ghana and do whatever it was he was doing there before someone got the bright idea to dust him off and send him up to Syria to accomplish absolutely nothing.
Posted by: tu3031   2012-03-09 17:19  

#4  Kofi Annan, the Jimmy Carter of the UN.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-03-09 14:43  

#3  Gonna run for office in Kucinich's district.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-03-09 14:30  

#2  You mean Mars is a planet full of sleazy, corrupt apparatchiks?
Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo)   2012-03-09 13:35  

#1  Kofi Annan accused of 'living on Mars'

Well, there goes the neighborhood.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Martians   2012-03-09 12:09  

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