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Subscribe to RSSThe first day of the United Nations brokered ceasefire in Syria has held. There was no bombardment by Syrian forces. However, U.N. envoy Kofi Annan says by failing to withdraw its troops and heavy weapons, Syria has not fully complied with the peace plan. ITV's Neil Connery has been monitoring the ceasefire from neighboring Beirut.
Updated 1:40 p.m. ET: Syria has not fully complied with the terms of a peace plan, U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan told the Security Council on Thursday as a fragile cease-fire appeared to be holding.
Annan urged the 15-nation body to demand the withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from towns, according to an official who was present.
Aside from a shooting at a checkpoint in Hama, Syrian troops held their fire in the hours after a U.N.-backed cease-fire took effect at dawn on Thursday, casting a silence over rebellious towns they had bombarded heavily in recent days.
Annan told council members that Syria's fragile truce needs support and called for the swift deployment of a first wave of unarmed observers to monitor implementation of his six-point peace plan, to be followed by a second wave of observers later, diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
A UN-brokered truce is keeping the guns silent in Syria - so far. ITN's Paul Davis reports.
The former U.N. secretary-general said earlier in a statement that "Syria is experiencing a rare moment of calm on the ground," adding that it "must be sustained."
"The Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, will be asking the Security Council for approval of the deployment of a U.N. Observer Mission as soon as possible," Annan said in a statement.
"This will allow us to move quickly to launch a serious political dialogue that will address the concerns and aspirations of the Syrian people," he said.
Annan has called for 200 to 250 unarmed U.N.-mandated observers to monitor the ceasefire. The Security Council is due to meet later on Thursday to discuss a draft resolution to approve the monitoring mission.
"We hope that even tomorrow we might adopt a Security Council resolution on the deployment of that advance group of monitors," Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said.
"The full-fledged mission will take some time to deploy ... If we are able to put 20 or 30 monitors (there) early next week, very good. If we are able to put more in the next few days that's even better," he said.
Annan's six-point plan calls for a cease-fire by Syrian armed forces and rebels and dialogue between the government and opposition aimed at a "political transition" for the country.
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Okay, we won't shoot anymore people. <BANG!> Okay, but seriously, that was the last one. <KABOOM!> What? We can't shoot rockets either? Oh, fine. Okay... <BANG! KABOOM!> Those were just training exercises in heavily populated urban zones-- nothing to worry about. Seriously, this cease-fire is going swimmingly!
You seem to forget that the United Snakes (US/Israel) financed and armed 'rebel's are committing most of the atrocities to embarrass the Assad government. Remember these same 'rebel's committing atrocious massacres, torturing blacks, and looting in Lybia? (Well, they continue today - as we speak). But having stolen the Libyan oil fields already the US/NATO 'oil thieves' seem to have lost interest in 'saving Libyan lives.'
Syria opposition: "They aren't abiding by the cease fire. When we shoot at them, they shoot back."
hey, partial is iffy..too much; tom & jerry here, when are they going to; Grow-up ??......
Hey AZ cowboy should probably change your name to ME cowboy since we're all united snakes here in the good ol' USofA. Love it or leave it kid if we were "stealing oil" gas wouldn't be $4 bucks a gallon go drink more kool-aid.
It was Libya's water the EU was after, not oil.
The American public doesn't get most of the direct benefit of our presence in oil rich areas. We and our armed forces serve as proxies for Standard Oil, who reaps most of the reward. And by the way, Europe pays twice what we do for gas. Why?
"Partially observed"? You can't partially observe a cease-fire.
That's like me saying I'm still partially observing my virginity even though I got laid last night.
braggart................:)
They stopped shooting but have not withdrawn the tanks and artillery as promised. At least this seems to be a step in the right direction. I guess the government does not want to withdraw the tanks and heavy guns so long as the "rebels" are still armed and in position. As for the one person who was shot, this does not seem to be an unwarranted attack. The guy was wanted by security forces and refused to stop at a check point, that is what got him shot. I would not fault the government for that. Hopefully the ceasefire will hold and things can move forward peacefully until a complete withdrawal of all armed troops from the cities and towns.
Large scale operations require a vast communications network involving potentially millions of military personel. Some of those personnel are still imbedded as undercovers and some are simply going to come under fire as regular foot soldiers operating in a hostile environment. So, naturally, there are going to be some intermittent clashes here and there especially for units operating far from base where communications might be sporadic. The de-centralized nature of the insurgency and the fact that it seems to be many (sometimes diametrically opposed) groups operating independently further makes intermitten clashes very likely.
What a "partial ceasefire" means then is that major military operations have ended for the time being. It means that all military units in the field - either covert or regular infantry - have been informed to cease major military operations for the time being. That means no large tank movements, no neighborhood sweeps, no coordinated air strikes. Occassionally you can have a "partial ceasefire" when a splinter group breaks off from its predecessor and continues military operations on its own. This is what happened in Northern Ireland when the Provisional IRA broke off from the original IRA and continued guerilla operations on its own despite the fact that the original IRA had signed a formal Peace Treaty with the British.
This DOES NOT MEAN however is that violence has ended totally. Obviously, because we're dealing with millions of people, many of whom are acting independently, reality is not going to correspond with theory to the letter. For the most part though violence has ended. It is possible for a cease fire to be partially followed and for this to potentially be a positive development.
travis
tsk tsk, remember where you are posting. intelligent posts / points, like your own, are rarely excepted here.
lucky for you Chris-629---- these rebels keep on assassinating Syrian army officers , and how in the hell these Alquida rebels going to stop while our own defence mister Pinata and the head of the snake the Saudis defence minster announcing that they are going to keep arming the rebels ,against every darn international laws there is , But laws do not apply to us and our allies , come on man ,quit meddling with other countries bus. so they quit meddling with ours, Turkey now going to ask NATO to help them in protecting them against Syria , Give me a break , Turkey training these thugs and the Saudis and Qataris flying them from Libya ,and the French England Turkey and Black-water doing the training , and then we tell the Syrian they cannot shoot at them , Great what a Democracy we spreading .
IA.ScooterTramp,
Intelligent posts are often excepted here, but rarely accepted.
so a bunch of muslin's are still killing another bunch of Muslims......as they have for century's...despite an "agreement"....... and this is a "bad thing"? ..................not in my book.
WMG and Chris - The Rebels have to honor the agreement along with the Syrian Government. All those involved are bound by the same agreement. The person killed at the Checkpoint became a threat when he failed to Stop at the Checkpoint. Just as in Iraq - those that refused to Stop at Checkpoints were viewed as threats and fired upon. Everyone has to also remember that the Syrian Rebels (Activist) fired the 1st shot in this Civil War, they started the War and the government protected itself. It's also known that Iran and various Terrorist Organizations are supporting the Rebels. If a similar Rebel Group were to form and attack the White House, O'Bama would act just as the Syrian Government has acted. I wonder why the Press takes unproven reports from the Rebel's and prints them as "fact" but doesn't give the same treatment to the Syrian Government. The same thing happened in Libya and Egypt and in those cases Islamic Terrorist groups are gaining control.
Iran is supporting Assad. Assad is an Alawite which is a splinter group of Shiaism. The rebels and protesters are Sunni whom Iran as a Shiites would not support.
Wow! You don't read much do you. EVERYONE agrees that Syria fired the first shots on the peaceful demonstrators. Your either an idiot or uninformed. You choose.
Hey Brain-225--- I think you are the Idiot or the uniformed one , you choose , JoeB-46-- is right about what he is saying the only thing he mixed up about is the name of the supporting countries to the rebels , Our friend the Alquida loving Saudis and Qataris and Turks are the one supporting these thugs and the French England and Black- water co. are training them , and these thugs been preparing for this for years buddy , Did you see all the tunnels that ARWA DEMON , the reporter for CNN and her Alquida loving camera man from France , the one they said that the Syrian government did not allow them to go in , But some how they were reporting from inside Homs , and the reporter that got killed , they all went into Syria illegally and were sleeping with these fine rebels , and took pictuir with them and couple of them were Alquida commanders that on our wanted list, give a break man , and before you call somebody an idiot check your fact , and maybe look in the mirror .
JoeB....How do you come up with the 'fact' that the oppositon fired the first shot? Were you there when it happened?
These people have been killing each for thousands of years. We need to STAY OUT IT! It's not our fight. If we go in, we will be blamed for the slaughter, they will take our money and rail to the rest of the word we are invaders. Let the Arab community take care of their own if they care and they don't seem to.
Pat, I have been say for a long time, it's an Arab problem, let the Arab's solve it. Yes, I feel sorry for the innocent people who are being killed. If the Arabs want the fighting to stop, then the Arabs are going to have to move their military in there, and disarm both sides.
Until then, if they don't do that, it's not the Western countries problem. Let them keep killing each other, they have been doing this for centuries. Let the dung eating Mohammad sort them out, after they each get their 72 grains of white rice.
Maybe Machiavelli got it right: "Peace comes in the thick of things and not in its aftermath." And about
time peace comes to the Middle East and "Now at last the whole world enjoys rest and peace." Who
would have thunk that quote from Isaiah 14 of Lucifer who weakens the nations.
There is no such thing as a "partially" holding cease fire.
With the United Snakes (US/Israel) in charge of this rebellion 'anything' could happen. The US wanted the Syrian army tp 'cease and desist' defending the country while the US financed 'rebel's reposition themselves to better 'offensive' locations. But, Assad did the right thing - He's continued to blow the rats to hell and now the United Snakes know he's serious. But, BE HAPPY - DON'T WORRY, fat arsed 10X Hillary will (((wallow))) up to the podium and tell the world why 'saving the people of Syria' - remember Libya? <Vomit-vomit>) is critical (in helping make the Middle East safer for Jewish terrorism and US imperialism) and will find a way to continue the 'Libyan' game plan.
Wow. I hope you're a better cowboy than you are a writer, or there's going to be some lost cattle wandering the countryside.
nice comment bro.
Not to dismiss their suffering, but our national interest war time power-that the FBI get stretched over to conceal-has not ended but only been legitimized...
If you take just a single moment to think about this recycling fountain you would realize the cartoon like democracy we live in...
The more someone gets baked from the inside out with our military grade satellite and talks about it (to dismiss the over all war crime hoping it doesn't get traction in the outside world) the more cause it generates for the same program (causing the problems and forcing communication about it) to piggy back on any fantasy land pretext (associations, knowledge people were forced to see or hear, ect) to suppress it's original and still ongoing use and given our level of cowards and control the wider this war crime gets the harder and more absolute it becomes...
It is very sad that the self generated pretexts caused by immense suffering are what gives it legal cover and allows it to continue similar to making it a crime to hear someone being tortured with the only difference being deniability of the torture but still making it a crime to hear the screams where the screams give cause for tin foil law to suppress and speculation of what is causing them so it can continue its war crime to dismiss it ever occurred...
How this President drags innocent people through these hardening environments -where the longer they have the same program running through their own heads and the more obvious (but less than conclusive) that it is the cause of the problems they are seeing in others the less they can do about it -far removed from what a reasonable person stumbling into these environments would ever absorb or stomach...
The sickening states our commander and chief leaves people in to gain traction into dismissing these war crimes (made more effective the larger the no cause environments are in this cowardly and controlled perversion) and the hell he puts people's family through man handling them so they can be developed to absorb anything is nothing short of the most cowardly slaughter in US history which did not increase our security by the smallest measure...
Think you might be confusing the FBI with the CIA, but whatever.
Right, but if you see you may start taking on too many sand bags you can always "throw off" some high cards a couple of times too, now how do you factor in that scenario in your written "winged-it" monologue?
Finally! I can get some sleep around here.
why is kofi annan still working at the UN? he was the worst leader, and still a useless tool.
nobody in the trouble countries take him seriously... is he just a token or what?
at minimum, he is a joke, and nothing will get accomplished by his mediation.
I'm reserving judgement regarding the cease fire until after the first peaceful anti-Assad demonstration.
"I'm reserving judgement regarding the cease fire until after the first peaceful anti-Assad demonstration."
That is the point.The peace will not last if the rebels don't stop organizing violence.The second part of the agreement,after the ceasefire,is to be talks to end the troubles. We will now see if the opposition is serious on ending the violence. If not,then the government needs to tell the UN to take a hike and not stop fighting under the rebels are totally crushed.
Is Leon Penetta Taking Us To War With Syria?
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2012/03/15/executive-war-powers-have-strict-constitutional-limits/
Basically the aritcle discusses how the Secretary of Defense is going to war with Syria without the approval of Congress.
Although in the past going to war with another country has always needed the approval of Congress to keep presidents from becoming king like and using military assets for their own personal goals without asking Americans to give of theirselves in such a fight which is Despotism or forcing a person to do something against their will by forcing them to serve in the military.
The choice of Leon Penetta to place American troops in harms way in assisting the Syrians in fighting back against Assad does not need the approval of Congress.
After America was attacked on 9.11.01 and troops committed to military actions against the enemy that attacked America the attack opened the door to any country that has in the past, and in the present harbored or assisted such groups aligned with the terrorist forces that attacked us on 9.11.01 in being able to be attacked.
This means that if a group of Taliban or Al Qeada forces flees into Syria then American forces are willfully allowed to pursue such agents into Syria to apprehend or discretely dismiss such forces as their actions have been part of a series of events that have lead to the deaths of innocents.
The war in the Middle East did not end with the death of Osama Bin Laden but with his death a new campaign to further destroy extremism in the Middle East was undertaken. This new campaign although new is nothing less than being part of the larger overall campaign to eradicate extremism in the Middle East that because of the attack on 9.11.01 by Taliban and Al Qeada forces the conflict against such forces will be continue to all traces of such forces have been eradicated.
Included along with the Taliban and Al Qeada forces are any groups of known and future known groups that would so use weapons and military tactics to enforce their beliefs over a certain group of people.
Such a group that is also part of the war on Terror is Hezbollah that has constantly tried to cause Palestine and Israel to engage in war and have used such agents of subversion to deter the process the peace between such countries.
Since Middle Eastern terrorist groups still exist the Department of Defense and the Secretary of Defense do not need permission to engage in military strikes against countries that continue to use terrorist tactics to kill those who oppose them.
By all rights Leon Penetta can effectively launch strikes against Syria and Assad because Syria has engaged in a willful act of terrorism killing Syrians simply because they rose up in protest over various injustices that they as human beings are dutifully obliged to stand up against.
What we witnessed in Syria at the hands of Assad is exactly what would have happened if Osama Bin Laden had been able to secure Afghanistan or any other Middle Eastern country. The same thing happened in Iraq under Hussein where those who opposed such leaders were found and killed.
What happens when the Middle East becomes like minded under the rule of leaders such as Assad, Hussein and Bin Laden?
Their extremism and murder spreads far across the land where the more they kill the more power such an empire gains in being able to force other countries to subvert theirselves to the murderous delight of such leaders where the freedoms of choice are not present but instead a state mandated political regime is present where the only person with any rights would be those like Hussein, Osama and Assad.
Terrorism is a fast moving entity similar to a fast moving avalanche that can unleash its furry in a second without anyone knowing.
This is why America needs to move against Assad and remove him from his position of power. Otherwise the same Middle Eastern groups associated with thoughts of those that attacked us on 9.11.01 will continue to have safe havens in countries like Syria where they can conspire and launch their attacks not only against America but against the rest of the world.
So with that in mind lets incite Penetta to make the decision to provide American troops to assist the Syrians in their fight against Assad because once Assad is gone that will be one more hiding place that terrorists cannot hide in and launch attacks against Pro-Democracies around the world.
The war on terror will not be won until ALL terrorist leaders are killed including Assad who has ordered government troops to fire on Syrian protestors.
Either the terrorists are killed where ever they hide, sleep or @!$%# or more 9.11.01 attacks will happen.
Leon Penetta might be the least qualified person ever to be the Secretary of Defense. Without doubt he was the least qualified to head the CIA. President Obama has made poor selections to fill posts he personally doesn't know anything about with people he doesn't honestly know anything about. Let me qualify that a little better, Obama knew they were Democrats. Intelligence professionals should lead the CIA. Military professionals should lead the defense department. A realistic comparison is that even the very best mechanics make lousy brain surgeons. Penetta is almost totally incompetent as a defense secretary. The guy was only a lieutenant in the military. His only awards were for good conduct and a mustering out letter of accommodation. Is this the lion you want to lead the most powerful military in the world? Obama might not be wise enough to select the right tool for the job but he is wise enough to sit back and watch a situation unfold, with an absolute awareness, that the staff he appointed is unqualified to do anything about it.
Seems we have Taliban and Al Qeada forces in AZ
dwighthuth . are you suggesting that we can go to war with Syria over 9/11 ,. Did I understand you right you seem to be an intelligent person in writing all that , but where in the hell did you get Syria involve , buddy are you all blind or idiots, Saudis were involved in 9/11 , NOT SYRIAN NOR THE LEBANESE , Syria an Hezbollah are as much enemies to Alquida as we are , and for us to into sovereign countries and change their leaders that means we are no better than Alquida and all of these terrorist group , we have no right to go into Syria there are more people in Syria that support the ASSAD regime than people supporting pres. Obama her , does that give the Russians an excuse to come over here and try to over throw the Obama government , I think somewhere down the road we forgot who we are and what we should do , Assad has every right to protect his people and if I was him I tell the UN and Europe to go to hell and let them go and steal another country wealth beside Syria , they are doing it in Africa and the problem is no body standing in their way , but I think the Russians are waking up to all of these schemes that the Europeans are up to , and i think they are going to try to stop it this time .
Kofi who? Why does the UN and america think that they can dictate to a soverign country "how" or "if" it's leaders can rule the people? If the president of Syria falls, the moslim brotherhood (or some other radical, extremist group of islam) will come in and take control and be an even bigger pain to all that value freedom and reject the religion of true infidels - islam!!! These people are rabid in their beliefs, cannot be trusted, and are a threat to the free world. They would do well to do some research to find out where their "god" allah actually came from - and it wasn't heaven.
The US and Israel will not be content until Assad is dead, that is our goal. Another middle east country that has no leader and is open to occupation and settlements by the Israel people. The US created a monster and will have to deal with it some day. The US government will not be happy until they destory every road, airport, highway, and infastructure in Syria.
You really need to stop drinking this early in the day.
But, if you can somehow back up your stupid claim, I'll apologize. What are your sources, bigmouth? Where did you come up with this crap?
Are you a Syrian agent?
The Syrian opposition flings peas at the monster with their .762 ammo. They shoot back in memory of those have been cut down while standing in the streets speaking their minds. Countires like China and Russia are used to violating their populations with regularity, and so Syria is just another back water for them to make an easy buck. I wish I could stand on my American high horse but I can't. Iraq and Afghanistan ripped off my horse's legs and I can hardly sit him now, much less stand. That being said, I would rather my nation be helping a group of people who prove everyday they are willing to give their lives for change, instead of a bunch of people who sit around and grin while we fight their battles for them for over a damn decade. I know al qaeda fits into that catagory, but whats so wrong with givng them weapons so they can do their fighting "over there." Some Syrian teen who was probably going to hate America with every breath he would take, might change his way of thinking if he sees that @!$%# tank commander vaporized by a hell fire missile courtesy of ole uncle sam. I want my country to be the opposite of Russia. I want America to be better than China. Yea, we've grown greedy and mean and we have projected our power like a 80 year man with his first bottle of viagra, but I still believe we're the best humanity has to offer, we are certainly the most powerful. The Syrian people are pretty much helpless; I do believe that is why Marines are born.
Marines are not born, they are made. Semper Fi
Born and bread and made to order, make any war a damn shade shorter. Semper Fidelis
This is great...a lot of folks must have more information than the CIA or other such groups. They know who fired the first shot, and it wasn't Assad and his terrorists. Meanwhile Assad and his Terrorists are blowing cities and towns off the map, planting land mines so that civilians can't escape the fighting, notice I said civilians not combatants, and blaming 'Armed gangs' for everything. That the opposition are all associated with terrorist groups, and none of them are really interested in having more freedom, thus really wanting to have more freedom is not logical... Assad and his terrorists kill innocent civilians and that is ok..because he is fighting terrorists....a lot of people need to wake up
I was hoping the guns were silent because they had killed the whole population and there was only one Muslim left. So we could go exterminate the last one and use only one bullet. I was a little disappointed.
Keep dreaming. Whether you like it or not the majority of the population of the Middle East is Muslim and it will stay that way. The only reason guys like you are upset about Islam is because this religion actually teaches to fight back when someone tries to steal their resources or force different values on them. Unlike Christianity which teaches a very unnatural thing - to turn the other cheek (which never happens). It is a Muslim land, and your country has no business whatsoever policing the region. And before you start yapping your mouth about 9/11 and how they hate you I will remind you that American troops were in the Middle East long before any Muslim terrorist acts were committed against United States. And United States supported Israel in oppressing and killing the Palestinian people long before any Muslim terrorist acts were committed against United States. I hate to put it this way, but U.S. is not a knight in shining armor. U.S. is justly disliked in the Middle East because U.S. committed countless evils against the population of the Middle East long before terrorism was used against U.S. You supported and still support dictators and tyrants in the Middle East and Latin America, overthrew democratic governments and replaced them with dictators in the Middle East and Latin America, support and sponsor illegal occupation of Arab land by Israeli regime, station troops in Saudi Arabia - Muslim holy land. In other words - you overstayed your welcome and thus faced terrorism. Although, terrorism is bad do not hate the Muslims. Hate yourself because it is your country's policy that created social conditions for terrorism. And built terrorist training camps and religious schools in Pakistan.
In my mind, Russia is the key, and I like what Russia's UN Ambassador has to say and it sounds good
to me. So far, so good. And let's hope for the best. They should get a room and talk it over.
oh look, the little muslims have taken a day off from eating their own, I thought it might be possible for the practitioners of the religion of peace to refrain from homicide for at least one day, gee, must be hard for them with all that spiritual sereninty of being superior to every one else and their beliefs, yep, must be tough for them.
Hey! But Trayvon's mommy is airing her daily sound-bite, you might dial that one up! Too much real news to take, ain't it?
"Hey! But Trayvon's mommy is airing her daily sound-bite, you might dial that one up! Too much real news to take, ain't it?"
So I take it your one of those guys that think its ok to kill unarmed black kids,huh. Well your boy has been charged with murder,so you must be sad today.
there are more important things in the world over the trayvon story if you want to talk about unarmed black kids getting killed go to africa where the situation is much worse than one boy getting killed, put senor in jail and get it off my tv.
A dialogue between the government and the opposition aimed at a "political transition" for the country. Duh...why in the f%*k do you think Assad keeps fighting...moron...he wants to keep things the way they have been for years. they are going to put "monitors" on the ground to keep score...Laughable!
Ban Ki-moon has said Syria must prove it wants peace .Annan wants Syria to remove its troops and heavy weapons fron towns.So,the two guys want the field clear for the rebels.With the NATO and Arab League help they can over run the entire country with Ki-moon and Annan holding the government forces back.
Vismaya -- that's exactly what Ban ass- moon , I think the Europeans and the Saudis and Qataris and Of-course the Turks they think GOD had died and put them in charge of the world , these arrogant countries they dare to tell everybody what to do , Even after the Syrian government agreed to the cease fire , Her comes Mr. Leon Pinata and the Alquida loving Saudis minister and on TV and in front the whole world announcing they are going to arm the rebels in Syria followed by the prime minster of England AND France, I mean are these the same people want to spread democracy around the world . and then they say Syria not serious about stopping the shelling and they need to pull their heavy artillery out of the rebels way so they arm them i think , Assad. Tell these people to go to hell and go and protect your civilians from these thugs , you the only one that is protecting the Christians in that part of the world , shame on Europe and shame on every country that closing their eyes about what happening to the Christians in that part of the world .
Kofi (choke, puke) is back? Well didn't he rip off enough money from the UN, from the “Food for Oil' program with Iraq? His son was the so called 'administrator' of that so called program and the son reportedly made a PILE of money during the years he managed it. A sham ‘investigation’ was put forward without a conclusion.
Now we have a defiled and possibly criminal figure 'assisting' in a 'cease fire'. Geez folks, don't we have guys such as McCain, Durbin, Lieberman and company to handle the details?
This loser McCain was in Libya more times than the US of A / NATO drones. And we can see what a great impact his foolishness has wrought. Was he there under the auspices of the Secretary of State?
Did the pant suit woman authorize McCain and Lieberman to 'negotiate' with the usurpers in Libya?
Complicated isn't it? Of course now that this wife of the disgraced former (thankfully) President has authorized the GIFT of several BILLION dollars to the MOOSLEUM BRUDDERHOOD. what else can she do to reduce the financial, economic and military strength of the US of A. Oh yeah give away the oil rich islands off the coast of Alaska to our dearest 'friends' the Russians.
Where the heck is the Congress in all of this give away? Where is that 'cry baby' Boehner? In the tanning booth? On the golf course? Having a 'highball' at Andy's?
He is just another go along dude to get along. He can hardly wait to be the 'ex' Speaker as that position pays a handsome sum annually for life along with office perks and other cash awards. And requires nothing at all from the occupant.
He should be doing the work needed by the few Patriots left in this Nation instead of having coffee with the squatter after a golf game.
Why is it that the system of government as outlined by the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the various laws enacted legally by Congress no longer works as intended?
Oooh yeah it is because of the wanna be dictator in the Oval Office and his czars and his thugs in the seats of power such as the largely incompetent Panetta, the clearly inadequate H. Clinton, the ridiculous Janet “Big Sis” Napolitano and well… look the rest up.
But back to this Kofi dude… he was a figurehead, all during his term. The US of A kissed his "ring" regularly. Ever notice that the 'head of the UN ' has always been a 'person of color'.
Ever notice that China and Russia always agree with each other and never agree with the US of A or Great Britain . France is sort of a useless appendage and it makes no difference what they think as Russia and or China hold VETO power in that absolutely , fundamentally useless, and crime ridden organization.
I wonder if the Rockefeller family feels a sense of pride in the fact they gave the land on which the UN building is located?
Who cares? The Rockefellers have done enough damage to this Nation and the world by just being alive. Of course their Eugenics philosophy will take care of the people who work to eliminate Eugenics.
But I digress. Kofi Annan is most likely being well paid, I MEAN OVERPAID, by the UN for his 'services. And all of us know how valuable he is to the future (and past) of the world.
Oh by the way. A cease fire ? really ? The Korean ‘Conflict’ was ended by a cease fire back in 1953 and look how effective that act has been. If one does not know the past mistakes one will surely make the same mistake in the future. In other words…. Well you fill in the blanks.