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Hassan and Felicity may be pleased to learn that Kofi Annan, Mr. Impotence, will manage to do little bleating in the foreseeable future. I heard it on WUNC tonight. Annan canceled a planned speech at Duke University because of his having contracted laryngitis. According to the report, Annan will not make any public appearance for several weeks. I cannot say that I anticipate suffering withdrawal symptoms from not getting to hear the Secretary General. In fact, I increasingly find myself dreading yet another instance of his being "deeply concerned" over this, that, or the other. Raising wimpdom to a new level of respectability may be meritorious in some way, but it certainly should not have qualified him for a Nobel Peace Prize. I often get the impression that the man missed his calling. He should have become the Holy Father in Rome or Swami Beyondananda in Calcutta. As the voice of reason he likes to portray, he is an abject failure. As a world leader he is a cruel caricature. At a time when the community of nations could use a sword-girded Jeanne d'Arc, Annan succumbs to laryngitis and will take several weeks time-out, presumably to practice walking on water! Best regards, JPH _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk