Top 10 Reasons Why It's Good Riddance to Kofi Annan

Finally, the United Nations is rid of Kofi Annan. It is with a great sense of relief that I contemplate not having to hear the former U.N. Secretary-General drone on and on about America's failures. In fact, I am almost at the point of doing cartwheels. The only thing that prevents such a display is the prospect of getting someone as bad or worse. Time will tell.

Thus, good riddance, Mr. Annan! Don't let the door slam your rear on your way out.

Here are the top ten reasons why it's good riddance to Kofi:

1. He is ultimately anti-American.

2. He presided over the single largest scandal in the history of the world--the now-infamous food-for-oil program that squandered billions of dollars in a debacle that overshadows Enron, Healthsouth, and Global Crossing combined. Annan's son was knee-deep in the scandal, and much of the truth of what actually happened was covered up. To date, neither Annan nor anyone else has been held to accountability.

3. He is responsible for the Iraq War, period. The U.N. repeatedly refused to enforce its demands on Saddam Hussein that, if properly enacted, would have made our invasion unnecessary.

4. He is a sorry excuse for an administrator, failing repeatedly to account for U.N. resolutions, financial discrepancies, and personnel matters. Many within the administrative staff of the U.N. are woefully ignorant of the history, mission, goals, and procedures of the organization. Instead they are prone to spout the anti-American propaganda they heard from their leader.

5. He has repeatedly sided with Palestinians, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iraq, Iran, and others in their despicable hatred for the Jewish state. Israel got NOTHING from Annan.

6. He sided with France in the days leading up to the Iraq War, serving as a puppet and mouthpiece for Jacques Chirac, who, as it turned out, was merely attempting to cover up a decades-old policy of providing Saddam Hussein with nuclear capability, including the country's first nuclear reactor, in exchange for oil. Rather than condemn Chirac, Annan chose to condemn President Bush.

7. He has consistently exhibited a penchant for promoting Communists, dictators, and terrorist states to positions of leadership, the climax of which was Cuba and Syria being allowed to serve on the U.N.'s human rights commission.

With logic such as this, I'm sure he would have allowed Hitler to head a commission on human rights for Jews.

8. Rather than depart gracefully, he chose to use the occasion of the end of his tenure to take yet more potshots at George Bush and the United States.

9. He is an apologist for increasing U.N. power and diminishing national sovereignty.

10. He is a liar. At his farewell address in Harry Truman's Presidential Library, Annan took occasion to contrast Harry Truman and George Bush. In doing so, he flat-out told several major falsehoods. True, President Truman was instrumental in the founding of the United Nations. But Annan claims Truman recognized how important it was to gain international consensus in the U.N. before taking military action.

Wow. I suppose Annan hopes that most Americans have forgotten that Truman ended WWII by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan. He did not consult with any international body before doing so. His only concern was the security of the United States of America, having sworn to serve, protect, and defend its Constitution.

Based upon Annan's response to Bush's invasion of Iraq, I am certain that he would have resoundingly condemned Truman for his use of nuclear weapons in a war. Yet we heard nothing of this in the address. Surely Annan knows Truman remains as the only U.S. President to use the atomic bomb.

The disingenuousness of this clown is astounding.

Thus, good-bye, Mr. Annan, and good riddance. The U.N. will be much better off without your presence on the world stage.