If Ban is selected, we can expect to hear more attacks like this over the next 5 years.
One pundit, Alykhan Velshi calls Ban “a crook”. Velshi works at the same think tank as Claudia Rosset, a reporter who has attacked the UN over the Oil for Food “scandal”.
Another says that Ban will be more “general than secretary” and claims that Ban will put little work in to address corruption.
Regardless of the merits of the allegations against Ban, the allegations themselves will create a ready excuse for US conservatives to attack the UN.
October 3, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Who says I’m right-wing? And since when has the issue of UN reform been something only the “American Right” cares about? Oh, and thank you for providing the fodder for my piece by popularising the AsiaNews article.
October 16, 2006 at 3:34 am
just leave that poor k0rean guy alone. let him do his job!
October 17, 2006 at 5:10 pm
Ban will feel right at home in the backdoor shenanigans and corruption of the UN. He’s from Korea and that is how their entire society operates. This is Bolton’s and the current US administration’s element too which is why they supported Ban’s nomination. Birds of a feather.
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