Yahoo! News – Annan takes fresh swipe at Bush over Iraq
“Those who seek to bestow legitimacy must themselves embody it, and those who invoke international law must themselves submit to it,” Annan said in a speech that drew applause from the presidents and ministers on hand.
“In Iraq, we see civilians massacred in cold blood while relief workers, journalists and other non-combatants are taken hostage and put to death in the most barbarous fashion,” he said.
“At the same time, we have seen Iraqi prisoners disgracefully abused,” he said, drawing a parallel between the Iraq bloodshed and the prisoner scandal in a way destined to irk Bush, who was to due to speak after Annan.
Have to agree with every word. I guess that makes me a traitor and a “Frenchie”.