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Questions are now continually arising regarding Ki-moon, < !– google_ad_section_start –>as to why such things such as Darfur and Afghanistan, interest him far less than the Middle East.

Does he see some lives as worth less than others, or is he subject to paymasters and overlords?

Dear UN Secretary General Ban< !– google_ad_section_end –> Ki-moon, why are you silent? < !– google_ad_section_start –>We hope that you are doing well, and that you are not overly disturbed by what is going on in the Middle East. We understand that the terrible injustices that are taking place around here are making you lose sleep. We are interested to know whether you perhaps heard something, somehow, maybe as a side-note, about the fact that coalition forces killed dozens of innocents in Afghanistan in one bombing?….< !– google_ad_section_end –>

< !– google_ad_section_start –>Afghans allege dozens of civilian deaths from coalition bombing runs

… opinions regarding the civilian casualties, search of Afghan homes and the arrest of Afghans and, therefore, there are tensions in our relations,’ Karzai told a joint press conference with visiting UN < !– google_ad_section_end –>Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. …

Headlines: Dozens of Afghan Civilians Killed in U.S. Bombings …

UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon: “I have no authority to edit or change or alter any recommendation and conclusions of this board of inquiry’s judgement. However, because it contains some very sensitive information, then I decided to …

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I read an article by Tony Blankley in ‘The Washington Times’ today wherein the author snuck in the phrase, “content to leave the White House eight years from now”.

It’s interesting that Tony Blankley imagines Obama serving two terms when he has almost zero chance of doing so unless laws are changed to make it more difficult for the Republicans to win.

I am not suggesting that Obama has so little chance because of what he will or will not do but because the odds are so severely stacked against him.

Everything that I have read suggests that the economy will continue to worsen, that more jobs will be lost and that many more foreclosures will occur and no one is suggesting that something positive will be felt for at least two years.

So in two years we can expect democrats to have their numbers severely slashed and in four years we can anticipate them being punished in a general election.

Add to the above; Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel and other trouble spots; the price of oil which is bound to increase and other calamities that are just waiting for a time and place to happen and it’s almost impossible to envision Obama serving a second term.

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