Substitute President Bush, Majority Leader Tom DeLay or Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in this Chronicle Another Voice editorial and tell me if you think the conclusion would be the same:
His staff promises that more practical proposals — protection for whistle-blowers, greater rules about transparency and accountability — are in the works. Annan has indeed been personally damaged by the oil-for-food scandal, but many of the United Nations’ problems predate his arrival and will continue after he leaves unless they are addressed. And that, in the end, is precisely why he should stay on in the job: Both he and his staff should now have the motivation to carry out an ambitious, vital program of reform.
Was this Washington Post editorial chosen because the Chronicle agrees or disagrees with it? I have my own guess.
