...Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh and so far the worst Secretary-General of the UN. Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize for something or other that probably sounded good at the time. In December 2004, reports surfaced that Kofi's son Kojo received payments from the Swiss company Cotecna, which had won a lucrative contract under the UN Oil-for-Food Program. Kofi Annan called for an investigation to look into the allegations, which stirred up the expected cesspool but couldn't seem to come up with enough evidence to indict Kofi himself, or even Kojo...came out against military action in Syria Wednesday, as the U.S. sought allies for strikes following alleged chemical attacks.
"There is no military solution to this conflict," said The Elders, a group founded by former South African president Nelson Mandela.
"Therefore every effort must be made to stop further bloodshed and to re-energize the political process to put an end to the conflict that has devastated and brutalized Syria," the group said in a statement.
U.S. President Barack Obama
Why can't I just eat my waffle?...
is seeking global backing for punitive strikes against Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
's regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons.
Obama has deferred military action pending Congressional approval at a vote scheduled for September 9. Meanwhile French President Francois Hollande
...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist...
has vowed to "punish" Assad, while Syrian ally Russia has attacked the idea of military strikes.
The Elders, which includes former U.S. president
Jimmy Carter... the worst president ever. Maybe the second worst. The votes aren't all in yet...
, archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu and ex-president of Ireland Mary Robinson, condemned the August 21 gas attack in a Damascus suburb as "inhumane and criminal".