...but not before a parting shot at the Bush Administration.

Annan, who leaves the United Nations on Dec. 31 after 10 years as secretary-general, has become an increasingly vocal critic of the war in Iraq.

He said in the text the U.S. has a special responsibility to the world because it continues to have extraordinary power.

Annan summed up five principles he considers essential: collective responsibility, global solidarity, rule of law, mutual accountability and multilateralism.

Decryption
Collective responsibility = Communism
Global solidarity = Communism
Rule of law = Communism
Mutual accountability = Communism
Multilateralism = Communism

The UN is wickedly corrupt and a breeding ground for tyrants, soothsayers and poor deciders. Kofi would like all Americans to forfeit their sovereignty in exchange for global taxes, layers, layers and layers of international bureaucracy and a neutering our armed services. I can only hope the UN fails like the League of Nations.

Here's Kofi in his own words:

How can states hold each other to account? Only through multilateral institutions. So my final lesson is that those institutions must be organized in a fair and democratic way, giving the poor and the weak some influence over the actions of the rich and the strong.

The response over at Captain's Quarters is persuasive and powerful (thanks Mr. Russert).

Update: Kofi Annan Leaves. Israel & America Still Exist Despite His Best Efforts

During his tenure at the United Nations, Kofi Annan gave tacit approval to a host of anti-semetic initiates designed to wipe Israel from the map. He oversaw initiatives designed to undercut western economies in the name of "global warming" while propping up third world despots.

Kofi Annan also oversaw the U.N. oil-for-food program that saw $1.5 billion in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein and lingering questions about kickbacks personally to Annan's family.

Then, of course, there were the mass rapings of children in Africa by U.N. Peace Keepers that Kofi sought to cover up. Kofi Annan came to power expecting to be an international power broker. Instead he saw a new American administration that recognized the uselessness of the U.N. bureaucracy and an inept Secretary-General. And he reacted bitterly.

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