Shades of Kofi

With the Sudan in mind, what I gather from Kofi Annan is that he’s the perfect puppet to parade around in an effort to exhibit that the UN cares about everyone on the earth, while continuing to exist as a bureaucratic pit with only European interests in mind.  To think that fellow human beings of his own skin color have become another machete chopped brick in the wall on his watch is sickening. The UN has gathered up thousands upon thousands of troops to protect a segment of Europe from genocide. One must look no further than Kosovo to determine that they clearly won’t stand for social injustice or anarchy in their back yard. Yet people from Africa can wield machetes and chop each other up all day and night without so much as a quiver on the face of this organization’s leader, Kofi Annan. His having sold out in such an obvious fashion while blood is pouring makes him the most recent example of a world leader selling his soul to the devil at the expense of millions.

A lot can be said for the leader who understands that they can’t get everything done, but in the case of genocide, his inaction doesn’t fit the mold of responsible leadership. It’s sad to say, but I wouldn’t expect Asians to come to America’s aid if it were needed, nor would I expect African nations to come to our aid either. It’s the truth concerning the current boundaries of race, which exist on the planet. Racism isn’t as much about civil rights these days as it’s how influential nations truly value the lives of foreigners. In a way, the current ignorance of what’s going on in Sudan is a good example of how much closer we humans remain to the methods of thought which enabled slavery to take place in America over a hundred years ago than we have evolved past it. The evidence of UN bias towards white skin is as obvious as it is blatant. Not only that, but they’ve been able to get a black man up on the podium to launder their words and deflect attention from the sorry truth.

I cannot fault UN nations for not supporting the United States in Iraq, as our president’s bravado and the insulting manner in which he carried out his schemes did not fit the scope of diplomacy or brotherhood in any way. Debate was not entertained, and in the end, American companies and the American stock market is almost solely benefiting from the endeavor. We had to go it on our own because we chose to do so. Many in the media would like to link these two instances as proof of something that has to do with American interests, but the UN’s ignorance of genocide in Sudan is something entirely different.

Regardless of what party you support, the turn of events we are witnessing right now is on the one hand a travesty, and on the other hand it’s something to learn from. The people of this planet are not obligated to follow along with or even respect the goals and ambitions of Americans, and while it angers us for it to be this way, human beings are notorious for being able to justify horrific wrongs throughout history. Often time our patriotic bias blinds us. While anger can be derived from being defeated politically in the way we have been in terms of the war in Iraq, at least we can fend for ourselves. The next time the UN bureaucracy angers you in terms of non-support for our wars, consider what’s going on in Sudan and feel good to be where we are.

The mark of a society is in how they treat those who have the least. We as humans continue to fail in proving our worth through this wisdom. Kofi Annan has infiltrated the meeting, yet in doing so, has forgotten what might have inspired him to get there in the first place. Whatever his reason may be for not standing up for those who need it, we may never know. In the end, when all the bodies are buried and the spilled blood has once again become property of mother earth, something will justify the means for all those who have to sleep at night with this on their head. Kofi though was a man in position to do the right thing here, and he failed as a man, as a human being.