UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.
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Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced his resignation as the UN Special Envoy of Syria yesterday confirming the situation in Syria hopeless and the help from the Security Council limited due to "finger pointing and name calling".
If the person that so many believed able to pave the way to peace in Syria has publicly hinted that peace may be impossible, is hope left? What is the impact of the UN’s top pick not achieving the resolution Syria so desperately needs?
Reflecting upon Kofi Annan’s time as the UN Special Envoy is Martin Nesirky, spokesperson to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Carne Ross, founder and executive director of Independent Diplomat.
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This is what comes from "smart power" and "leading from behind".
An "outsourced" unconstitutional war in Libya and the President promising the Russian autocrats flexibility after the election. Sec. Clinton's restart toy which was a churlish swipe at the Bush administration and neo-conservatives is not so funny anymore.
The United Nations is filled with dictatorships just like Syria which just recently was a well regarded member of the General Assembly. Other gangster regimes in the UN will not demand action against Syria because they may be next.
As the US reaches 20 trillion in debt thanks to this President it will be China, Russia and whatever new tyranny ascends in the Middle-East that will fill the superpower void in the 21st Century.
What is the Chinese, Russian and Islamic view on civil rights as progressives vote this year for the economic decline of the United States as the European economy collapses and distances itself from a weakened America?
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