Kofi Grounds

Investor's Business Daily takes a hard look at the farewell speech by Kofi Annan yesterday. They are not at all amused by the departing hypocrite-in-chief or his anti-American screed.

Departing U.N. chief Kofi Annan has much to answer for during his tenure, including his own possibly criminal behavior. Instead, in one of his final speeches, he lets loose a flood of bile, mostly aimed at the U.S.

First in an op-ed in the Washington Post and later in a farewell speech, Annan laid out his case for what ails the world. And for the most part, it can be boiled down to five simple words: the United States of America.

The anti-U.S. animus of Annan's speech was as clear as it was shocking. It betrayed a deep antipathy for the world's greatest democracy, and outright disdain for its ideals and sacrifices.

Speaking of the myriad threats the world faces today, Annan took a backhanded swipe at the U.S. when he said: "No nation can make itself secure by seeking supremacy over all others."

Annan went on to add: "The Security Council is not just another stage on which to act out national interests." Got that, U.S.? The global war on terror, the growth of democracy and spread of free markets are simply "national interests."

One has to admire the sheer chutzpah of the man, delivering such a speech at the Truman Library — named for the American president who did more to bring the U.N. into existence than any other, but who no doubt would be sick over its current corrupt state.

Kofi Annan makes a graceless exit from the UN, but at least he is finally going away. I'm sure he'll still pop up here and there like a rash that just won't go away completely, but he won't get quite as much press. His was the most corrupt administration to ever disgrace the UN. He will not be missed.