4. mai 2004

Kofi Annan on Meet the Press Kofi Annan had a bad day on the job defending UN corruption on Meet the Press. I don't fully agree that Annan "self-destructed," as Glenn's correspondent Tucker Goodrich says, but it is obvious that the Secretary General was sweating in his chair and had real problems. PS: You can actually watch it yourself for free with Media Player here, just after some sponsor's friendly advice about skin care. 7:54:02 AM    comment []  trackback []

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At least put a pretty wrapper on it You've probably read elsewhere that rabid anti-war activist Micah Ian Wright has been going down in flames over his own lies. He pretended to be a former Army Ranger who had seen action in Panama before turning peacenik, but he simply made all that up. Now, via VodkaPundit, I found that somebody put Micah Ian Wright's credibility up for sale on EBay.At $9.50 it is hardly a bargain. 3:55:47 AM    comment []  trackback []

What now, Sharon? After his own Likud party gave Ariel Sharon an astonishing 60-40 referendum defeat on the Gaza pullback plan, Israel's government is being forced to rethink the plan. Reportedly, Sharon will go ahead with a modified version of the plan. Ironically, the hawkish Sharon is now being opposed by his own traditional right wing supporters, and his disengagement plan has widespread support by Israelis generally, and would probably go through in the Knesset. Still, Sharon can hardly ignore his own party's decision. So what changes are Sharon proposing? I have not seen anyone come up with any ideas. The plan calls for pullback of all Israelis, all settlements, from the Gaza strip. If Sharon should deicde to keep some of the settlements, he will lose his liberal supporters, and he's hardly solving the problem as long as the settlements need to be protected and continue to draw terrorist fire. It adds up to the second Bush-backed Middle East peace plan that runs into serious setbacks. PS: More at Heretic's Almanac. 12:57:47 AM    comment []  trackback []

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