Kofi Annan's less than subliminal aside to Bush: "No one is above the law"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

I'm sure that Karl Rove and Karen Hughes would like to turn that statement around and suggest that U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was planting a big, wet thank-you kiss on the cheek of Emperor Bunnypants for takin' down the evil one Saddam Hussein, and FOREVER ending the rape rooms, torture chambers, and even the slightest degree of momentary discomfort or acid reflux for the freedom-lovin' Iraqi people.

That's NOT what he meant.

Annan opened today's meeting, and SET THE STAGE for Bush's "invading Iraq was the right thing to do and it's STILL the right thing to do" speech by sending him a little message: This "Crusader Bush" shit needs to STOP.



:toast:

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Ahead of Bush's speech, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (news - web sites) opened the meeting of the 191-nation gathering with a warning that "the rule of law" is at risk around the world.

"No one is above the law," Annan said. "Again and again, we see fundamental laws shamelessly disregarded — those that ordain respect for innocent life, for civilians, for the vulnerable — especially children," he said.

He condemned the taking and killing of hostages in Iraq, but also said Iraqi prisoners had been disgracefully abused, an implicit criticism of the U.S. treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.

Last week, Annan said in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corp. that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq "was illegal" because Washington and its coalition partners never got Security Council backing for the invasion.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040921/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

[WMliberal]

1. i wouldn't call it subliminal

it was conspicuous.

[Lugnut]

2. Aw geez!

Has anybody told him he looks like a "moran" when he twists his face like that? What a boob!

[cthrumatrix]

3. so far...nobody has held the chimp accountable for ANYTHING

[Roland99]

4. Rush Limbaugh was ranting about that

Rule of Law? What rule of law? In Mozambique?



Wow.

[hlthe2b]

5. Kofi Annan keeps adding to my assessment of his courage & integrity

I hope he has good security surrounding him. It makes me wonder what role the Rove crew may have had in the accusations that Annan's son had a corrupt role in the "Iraqi Food for Oil program," a "scandal" that doesn't seem to have been born out, at least to date.