Very well said Jabou; we can see the hypocrisy on the part of the U.S.
Noble as Clinton's in tension's are, it will never trump the support Israel
enjoys from the western powers.
Daddy Sang


> [Original Message]
> From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 10/14/00 1:02:39 AM
> Subject: Re: The role of Kofi Annan revisited
>
> Well Yus, this is again a situation that the super powers have a big
interest
> in, i.e, the support of Israel, even as they flagrantly continue their
> attempt to murder,  displace the Palestinians, and lay claim to their
land.
> However, this is not at all surprising since these powers that have their
> weight and influence behind Israel came about their own lands by similar
> acts. It is not a pretty history.
>
> It is also another example to show that some people's plight are seen as
more
> important than other's where the U.N is concerned, and as someone
mentioned
> earlier, perhaps there is no mistake that the position of Secretary
General
> goes to people who can be answerable to these powers and their agenda.
>
> Consider if you will, that the United States, a so called bastion of
> democracy can throw their unwavering support behind Israel in their
sinister
> attempt to eliminate the Palestinians and take their land, and you can see
> that logic and truth and justice is not what the motivating factor is in
this
> situation.These people know they are not suporting truth here, and even as
> they run around pretending to play peacemaker with one hand, they are
fanning
> the fires of injustice with the other, but the charade plays on perhaps in
> the hope that if they do it long enough, they can manage to fool
themselves
> as well as the rest of the World that their intention here is well
meaning.
>
> Meanwhile, Yassir Arafat continues to be their tossing ball, but perhaps
when
> the Israelis manage to blow him right out of his palace as they tried t
odo
> the other day, and if he lives to tell it, he will finally wake up and
> realize that one cannot sit down to bargain with people whose main
intention
> is to render you obsolete, unless and until they abandon that position.
>
> The undying truth that will not be swept under the rug is that one cannot
> hope to displace an entire people and at the same time convince the World
> that you are the good guy who wants only peace.This problem between Israel
> and the Palestinians will never go away if Isreal and her partners in
crime
> do not face the truth and give these people their land back.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
>
> In a message dated 10/13/00 10:14:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> << A while ago we had a discussion Kofi Annan's lack of participation in
> African
>  affairs. His tireless efforts spent mediating the dispute between the
>  Palestinians and the Jordanians proves my point that the man has some
>  leverage. Leverage which he could definitely use better to influence
African
>  crises.
>
>  In my piece, I described the UN Secretary General as part negotiator and
part
>  provocateur, roles which he is fulfilling in the present Mideast crisis.
>  However, based on his lack of participation in present and past African
>  crises, I believe his tenure as Secretary General will be marred by his
>  unwillingness to help his own continent in times of extreme need.
>
>
>
>  JERUSALEM (Oct. 14) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan worked into the
early
>  hours of Saturday trying to arrange a summit to halt the explosion of
>  Israeli-Palestinian violence.
>   >>
>
>
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