Sunday, September 26, 2004

Socialist Shill

I didn’t listen to Kofi Annan’s recent speech at the UN, but I have taken the time to read it, a couple three times, this morning.  A more fustian elegy to collectivism would be difficult to compose.  Right out of the blocks, Annan warms the cockles of Socialist hearts everywhere.

"The last 12 months have been painful for those of us who believe in collective answers to our common problems and challenges."

That first sentence is nothing more than an altar call to the faithful. 

A few paragraphs later, in this speech, Annan laments the loss of "talented servants," UN servants faithful to their collective masters, though I am at a loss as to who is being served.

A bit deeper into this morass of utopian bombast, Annan acknowledges the ineffectualness of this supposed august, collective body.

"If it takes extra time and patience to forge a policy that is collective, coherent and workable, then I for one would regard that time as well spent. Indeed, this is how we must approach all the many pressing crises that confront us today."

Note the cry of the collective, once again, and, the call for additional committee meetings, while the problems being decried, in this speech, continue to fester, ooze and then erupt like a pustule on your posterior.

Further into this speech, Annan chastises countries which act unilaterally against threats of terrorism, and we all know which country Annan is subtlely nodding his head at with this comment, and then he has the audacity to state,

"they need the unique legitimacy provided by the United Nations."

Annan ends this portion of his speech with the collective cattle call once again.

"But it is not enough to denounce unilateralism, unless we also face up squarely to the concerns that make some states feel uniquely vulnerable, and thus drive them to take unilateral action. We must show that those concerns can, and will, be addressed effectively through collective action."

Yeah, right.

The remainder of Annan’s speech is a call to inaction in the form of new committees being formed, more meetings to be held, and appeals to the “Excellencies” to acknowledge the “precious” instrument the UN is.

Kinda of like Gollum’s ring, I guess.

Posted by John Venlet on 09/26 at 05:59 AM
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