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2005-02-14 Africa: North

NYT: In Munich, Senator Clinton Urges NATO Role in Sudan Conflict

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Posted by .com 2005-02-14 7:14:13 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The conferenceâs guest of honor was Mr. Annan, who urged NATO and the European Union to increase efforts to end the Darfur crisis.

Another orgy of mutual admiration and self aggrandisment. And overfed people buzzing around the trough. They may be concerned about the people in Darfur, but none of them have done Jack Sh*t for the people there except talk about it. Pretty disgusting group of people, IMHO.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-14 9:04:29 AM|| 2005-02-14 9:04:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "Those organizations with real capacity - and NATO as well as the E.U. are well represented in this room - must give serious consideration to what, in practical terms, they can do to end this tragedy," Mr. Annan said. "Additional measures are urgently required."

Why doesn't the U. N, do something, Kofi? Lack of leadership? or French business interests? How did it get to be a NATO problem? If the U. N. can't handle genocide, what can it handle?

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-02-14 9:07:29 AM|| 2005-02-14 9:07:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The only thing that could have salvaged this slime-fest would have been for everyone there to have developed simultaneous and noisy explosive diarrhea and trombone vomiting, culminating in a methane implosion.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-02-14 10:05:35 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:05:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 If she really wants to do something to help solve the situation, send her over to the Sudan and have her crush Epaulet Man's skull between her massive thighs...

Posted by tu3031 2005-02-14 10:21:55 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:21:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Lol, tu! Now that's a visual!

Posted by .com 2005-02-14 10:29:39 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:29:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Thanks for ruining my belated breakfast, tu...

Posted by Raj 2005-02-14 10:31:34 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:31:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The speech was a collaborative effort. Mrs. Clinton sought input from a number of Americans in the forum, among others Richard C. Holbrooke, who served as her husbandâs ambassador to the United Nations and to Germany; Samuel R. Berger, her husbandâs national security adviser; Jeffrey H. Smith, the former general counsel at the C.I.A. when her husband was president; and Brent Scowcroft, national security adviser for the first President Bush

Sandy Burglar? Mr. I Stuff Top Secret Documents From The National Archives Into My Pants??? And isn't Jeff Smith the counsel responsible for convincing Clinton to discontinue the raid to kill/capture bin Laden?

Go ahead Hillary, surround yourself with this little loser clique....it's sure to raise your popularity among the Average American.

Posted by 2b 2005-02-14 10:36:04 AM|| 2005-02-14 10:36:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I left before Kofi was called up...

Posted by True German Ally 2005-02-14 12:26:11 PM|| 2005-02-14 12:26:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 At the conferenceâs gala dinner on Saturday night, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, singled out Mrs. Clinton for praise. He noted that Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, was absent from the conference last year "because he was pursuing a failed presidential campaign." Mr. McCain, who flirted with a presidential bid himself, suggested that Mrs. Clinton might be next, joking that he and Senator Lieberman "are fellow losers, but this year Senator Clinton is here to keep hope alive."

Tells you just how much McCain's ego was hurt by losing to Bush. And it should tell Republicans just where he stands.

Posted by true nuff 2005-02-14 12:38:36 PM|| 2005-02-14 12:38:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 if McCain, Lieberman and Hillary would dump their parties and start over again in the center, theyd be onto something.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-02-14 4:09:07 PM|| 2005-02-14 4:09:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Sure, LH. HIllary is a centrist. Riiiiiight.

Nothing is being done in Darfur because of French and Chinese business (read oil) interests. Kofi is irrelevant in this situation. He could, of course, thump the table and cast aspersions at these two Security Council members to try and get them to change their positions, but he does not have the balls to do this. That is his failing, but it would likely be repeated by anyone in his position. Ain't no one in power going to stick their neck out for a bunch of farmers in the middle-o-nowhere.

Posted by Remoteman 2005-02-14 4:24:02 PM|| 2005-02-14 4:24:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Lol, TGA. I can't imagine why?! To miss out on such Grateness!

You're a better man than me - I just wouldn't go to those sort of affairs, which would have gotten me canned for attitude long before I was invited to those sort of affairs. Y'see, if I travelled back in time and was who I am, then now I'd be screwed. And if I killed my grandfather, then I'd see my shadow and there'd be 6 more weeks of winter. Yeah, that's it. So don't throw me in the briar patch with the silly American politicians, K? ;-)

Posted by .com 2005-02-14 4:33:24 PM|| 2005-02-14 4:33:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I hate it when the game's afoot. I prefer a torso for it's lasting power.

/Afghans everywhere

Posted by Shipman 2005-02-14 4:45:50 PM|| 2005-02-14 4:45:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Hey, Ship! Whew! Glad you're here. I've been channeling you, sorta, and I'm not doing too good a job. So, now that you're here, You can be you, and you'll do a much better job, almost as good as if you were um, er, doing it. K?

Posted by .com 2005-02-14 5:06:49 PM|| 2005-02-14 5:06:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 if McCain, Lieberman and Hillary would dump their parties and start over again in the center, theyd be onto something.

Yes, and if they brought the tooth fairy on board, the country could simultaneously wipe out the deficit, give earned income tax credit to everyone making less than 40K a year, and provide each citizen with a dozen clones.

Posted by Pappy 2005-02-14 8:56:40 PM|| 2005-02-14 8:56:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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