Could he be much better?

Obviously, he couldn’t be any worse, but do keep in mind that he managed to rise to the position of Secretary General. I would imagine that there are systems in place to prevent good, decent, worthwhile human beings from pulling that off.

I am mildly encouraged by the last words of the video, “the rule of law”. Never would have heard that phrase from Coffee. Won’t make me a fan of the U.N., but we can just hope Ban isn’t a corrupt money-grubber with no interest actually trying to help.

People need to get their minds around the fact that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the last problem that will be solved in the middle east, not the first.

sandberg on January 3, 2007 at 3:14 PM

It is basically the only problem. And the glue that holds all of these tyrants together.

But Saddam’s execution was turned into a show of force for Moqtada al-Sadr, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Too often funerals are political. Consider the worst, Fred Phelps.

The death penalty is legal in Ban’s homeland, South Korea as it is in many other countries including the United States, Russia, China and much of the Middle East.

Last night I perused European on-line papers – they are distraught, to a T, about the new U.N. chief’s statement on the death penalty, yesterday.

Just by breathing, he’s better than Kofi Annan, who’s shame will never be materialized. He’s in denial because he’s allowed to be.

For those who claim that Saddam didn’t deserve better – that’s not the issue – some things are simply taboo:

- not making funerals into political rallies – two good bad examples: Minnesota and Loretta King
- silence at executions

UN’s Ban on the death penalty……

Oh, Give Me A Break John Hinderaker CNN Europe reports that Italians are shocked–shocked!–by the cell phone video of Saddam Hussein’s execution, and are calling for a United Nations ban on all capital punishment:Italy will campaign at the United Nat…

We have written before on how the new U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, may be the best thing to ever happen for the U.N.  Yes, I am still reluctant to lavish praise, after all it is the U.N., but so far the new top dog at the U.N. is sounding lik…

Man, you gotta love the ROKs. There’s something about living next door to a psychopath bent on annihilating your country that breeds common sense.

BohicaTwentyTwo on January 3, 2007 at 9:32 AM

I must beg to differ.

An (apparently) little known fact about South Korea: they grow the same delusional, suicidal leftists that we grow. My favorite line: “Outsiders’ attempt to change the North Korean system constitutes interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign country,” the groups said in a joint statement Friday.

What I *really* liked however was that he felt the matter of capital punishment should be left to the member states… when’s the last time Kofi wanted anything left to the member states?

No, it isn’t how we would have done it. So it was ameteurish and emotional. BFD. The process they took to get there and the end result are the only things that will really matter to anyone a year from now.

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