Rosett's Notebook is still covering the biggest financial scandal in history. No other major media outlet has noticed. (The WSJ's passing mentions don't count.)
The trial so far has included elements straight out of a bad made for TV spy thriller. The briefcase filled with cash, company names like "Phoenix International", a host of shady characters and a slew of exotic locations. That the whole thing appears to have been running just barely under the surface of the UN surprises no one.
The UN's track record of corruption has been well documented but is met by its supporters by a dismissive wave and a shrug of "yeah, and...?" by it's detractors.
Churchill famously remarked that "jaw-jaw" was better than "war-war". While that is true, the price for "jaw-jaw" seems to be a high one indeed. The US garners hisses and clucks of disapproval from the "world community" (Do they have a webpage? -ed.) for our reluctance to throw further billions down the rathole. Perhaps the trials in New York are going to be the watershed moment that the UN has needed for decades. It will but only if the blogosphere can cover the story so extensively that the MSM is forced to capitulate and join the conversation.
The blogosphere seems to be oddly uninterested in the story. Captain's Quarters has mentioned the story in the past, and Instapundit mentions Rosett's latest posts yet there doesn't appear to be any real interest. Perhaps the blogosphere, like me, sees the UN as irreversibly corrupt and therefore, none of this is surprising. Perhaps it's the lack of any real red meat in the story. If Kofi Annan or even Kojo end up in the dock people will pay attention. Until then, Rosett remains a candle in the darkness.
The trial so far has included elements straight out of a bad made for TV spy thriller. The briefcase filled with cash, company names like "Phoenix International", a host of shady characters and a slew of exotic locations. That the whole thing appears to have been running just barely under the surface of the UN surprises no one.
The UN's track record of corruption has been well documented but is met by its supporters by a dismissive wave and a shrug of "yeah, and...?" by it's detractors.
Churchill famously remarked that "jaw-jaw" was better than "war-war". While that is true, the price for "jaw-jaw" seems to be a high one indeed. The US garners hisses and clucks of disapproval from the "world community" (Do they have a webpage? -ed.) for our reluctance to throw further billions down the rathole. Perhaps the trials in New York are going to be the watershed moment that the UN has needed for decades. It will but only if the blogosphere can cover the story so extensively that the MSM is forced to capitulate and join the conversation.
The blogosphere seems to be oddly uninterested in the story. Captain's Quarters has mentioned the story in the past, and Instapundit mentions Rosett's latest posts yet there doesn't appear to be any real interest. Perhaps the blogosphere, like me, sees the UN as irreversibly corrupt and therefore, none of this is surprising. Perhaps it's the lack of any real red meat in the story. If Kofi Annan or even Kojo end up in the dock people will pay attention. Until then, Rosett remains a candle in the darkness.
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