tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post8269726455626371437..comments2023-11-05T22:35:31.766+00:00Comments on Neil Clark: Tony Blair's latest business venture: advising Kuwait for £27mNeil Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10479041156190090119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-57848465511461997972010-12-16T04:03:22.282+00:002010-12-16T04:03:22.282+00:00Hey moron,
ever let facts get in a way or an argu...Hey moron, <br />ever let facts get in a way or an argument or a 'report'? <br /><br /><br />-------<br />"The fact is that there is no evidence whatsoever in this case," said Matti Raatikainen, head of the war crimes unit of Eulex, the European Law and Justice Mission in Kosovo.<br />Matti Raatikainen, head of the war crimes unit of Eulex Matti Raatikainen says the scandal has distracted from the search for remains<br /><br />"No bodies. No witnesses. All the reports and media attention to this issue have not been helpful to us. In fact they have not been helpful to anyone."<br /><br />The main problem, he said, was that the scandal created by the allegations has distracted attention from the real work of finding the remains of 1,861 people still missing from the war and its aftermath, and prosecuting their killers - in Serbia, Kosovo and Albania.<br /><br />We talked in his makeshift office in a cluster of containers at the Alpha-Bravo base near Pristina airport, as the latest May storm battered the roof.<br /><br />Burly policemen came and went, surprised to find their boss talking to a journalist. Mr Raatikainen, a quiet Finnish policeman, is not known for his love of the media. <br />-----Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17766817.post-42731963701312397442010-12-16T01:12:43.339+00:002010-12-16T01:12:43.339+00:00This story highlights one of the biggest problems ...This story highlights one of the biggest problems in politics. How do we deal with politicians who use their positions to enrich themselves after they leave office? Using your position for enrichment while in office is more obvious, but technically there is nothing wrong with using the connections you make while in office to secure lucrative deals afterward. <br /><br />I think this is why the concept of scaring politicians with electoral defeat means less today. As long as you cultivate the right connections while in office, you can be destroyed at the polls and still get a cushy job as a consultant or lobbyist or whatnot. Perhaps this was always the case, but the scale seems much larger today, with ex-politicians and ex-bureaucrats even working for foreign governments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com