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"Now Is Not The Time To Pin Blame"- Kofi Annan

I beg to differ, Mr. Annan. Now is precisely the time to pin blame. You and the U.N. have cut and run, as per usual, and Iraq's foreign minister has had enough:

Iraq's foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, accused the United Nations Security Council today of having failed to help rescue his country from Saddam Hussein, and he chided member states for bickering over his beleaguered country's future.

"Settling scores with the United States-led coalition should not be at the cost of helping to bring stability to the Iraqi people," Mr. Zebari said in language unusually scolding for an occupant of the guest seat at the end of the curving Security Council table.

Taking a harsh view of the inability of quarreling members of the Security Council to endorse military action in Iraq, Mr. Zebari said, "One year ago, the Security Council was divided between those who wanted to appease Saddam Hussein and those who wanted to hold him accountable.

"The United Nations as an organization failed to help rescue the Iraqi people from a murderous tyranny that lasted over 35 years, and today we are unearthing thousands of victims in horrifying testament to that failure."

He declared, "The U.N. must not fail the Iraqi people again."

The U.N. gave Saddam eleven years of inspections. They gave him eighteen resolutions calling for disarmament. He ignored every single warning and the U.N. couldn't have cared less. It then took the U.S. military nine months to bring this piece of human garbage to justice. And now Kofi Annan says "Now is not the time to pin blame."

Up yours, Mr. Annan. Up yours!