The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: 'My Son, My Son'

Here is a good article by William SafireThe New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: 'My Son, My Son': "Of course, in a $20 billion ripoff, $125,000 to the boss's son for doing nothing is chump change. But it should lead to questions for the son: what are his associations with families in the oil industry? (Yamani or ya life!) Did he lie to his father about four years of fees from Cotecna, or did Kofi fail to ask him? Did Kojo inform Sevan about the fees, or know about any lucrative oil vouchers given by Saddam to Sevan?



For the father: Will he now share with Congress, which supplies 22 percent of the U.N. budget, his 'thorough investigation' of his son's Cotecna connection? Did he learn of the 'nothing illegal' fees only last Tuesday, as his aides say? Has he since asked his Absalomic son if the secretary general can stand by his April 'nothing to do with' statement about Cotecna?



This marks the end of the beginning of the scandal. Its end will not begin until Kofi Annan, even if personally innocent, resigns - having, through initial ineptitude and final obstructionism, brought dishonor on the Secretariat of the United Nations."



He asks some great questions here, questions that Mr. Secretary General needs to answer. It seems highly improbable that Mr. Anan Senior was completely unaware of his son's doings, much less the schennanagins of the UN. My opinion is that he was very much complicant in all of this. I agree with NRO (National Review Online) in that the U.S. must call for his (Kofi's) resignation. He is a crook. Then again, what other kind of person would we expect to head such a crooked, Marxist organization.