Widening UN financial scandal - why is anyone surprised?

FOXNews.com - U.S. & World - The U.N.'s Spreading Bribery Scandal: Russian Ties and Global Reach :

"Procurement and budgeting corruption may escape [Paul] Volcker's scrutiny, but they are central to the mandate of [UN Secretary-General Kofi] Annan.

"This scandal touches on almost everything the secretary-general is supposed to control. It is by way of procurement contracts, for goods and services ranging from cappuccino and paper clips at U.N. headquarters, to air freight services and food rations for peacekeeping troops worldwide, that the United Nations spends the billions contributed every year by member states — of which U.S. taxpayers provide the largest slice."

The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has already gotten one guilty plea from a high ranking UN procurement official and indicted another. These two Russians with long tenure at the UN appear to be just the tip of the iceberg of a highly secretive thoroughly corrupt procurement system. This may go far beyond, in both money and time, the Iraq Oil-for-Food scandal on which Volcker's investigation reported last Wednesday.

But, my question is why would anyone be surprised? The media, even Fox, seems to think there is some presumption of high moral standing to which Kofi Annan is entitled. What rot!

There is an old saying about the slippery slope of immorality that goes something like this: A liar will cheat, a cheater will steal, a thief will kill. Well, on the public record it is clear that Annan did not scruple at facilitating the Rwandan genocide while employed as the head of peacekeeping at the UN. He did this by ordering the UN command to alert the government of Rwanda that their plans for mass murder had been leaked to the UN and ordering the UN forces to stand aside and allow the killing to proceed. For this singular service to humanity, Annan was promoted to head of the UN. Given this evidence of Annan's moral character, why should anyone be surprised that millions of dollars have gone missing on his watch.