Kofi Annan has a lot of nerve...

... to call the war in Iraq "illegal". First, it boggles the mind to think that this comes from a man who presided over "Oil for Food", the corrupt scam perpetrated under the auspices of the U.N., through which Hussein enriched his coffers - and maybe those of the terrorists - while his people starved. Not only that, but it's hard to imagine an organization more bloated, incompetent, and self-serving than the U.N. They were useless in getting Hussein to change, and just as useless now about the crisis in Darfur.

So not only does Annan have zero moral authority to proclaim our actions "illegal", his remarks could be additional ammunition for the Hussein loyalists and terrorists. Over on Iraq the Model, Omar has posted the text of an email from Mr. Joseph Ghougassian, a former ambassador of the USA to Qatar who also worked as a CPA advisor in Iraq. Here's an excerpt, so you can ponder the implications of Mr. Annan's despicable comments:

If I was still in Baghdad, I would feel uneasy and unsafe to conduct outside the Green Zone my usual daily official business given the high rhetoric of Kofi Annan and Senator John Kerry about the war in Iraq. I feel for my colleagues who are still toiling in Iraq; they are caught in the web of politicians making irresponsible assertions that empower the terrorists to continue and expand their evil doings against the Iraqis and foreigners.

Zarkawi, Bin Ladden and the countless terrorist groups operating inside Iraq, listen to American and British media. The criticisms levied by Annan and Kerry play well in the hands of the terrorists and provide the latter the added fuel to brainwash suicide bombers or to incite criminals to behead Americans and civilians of other nations.

At this juncture of time, Annan should become sensitized to the real pains and losses the Iraqi Kurds, Shias, Turkomen and Christians suffered in the hands of Saddam. May be he should apologize to Iyad Allawi, the Interim Prime Minister, for making the undiplomatic faux pas in declaring the war in Iraq as "illegal".

After all, had Kofi Annan been an effective U.N. Secretary General and had he succeeded in persuading Saddam to comply with all the UN security council resolutions, the US and its allies would not be in Iraq.

I don't even know what to say. Except maybe that Annan's incompetence, depravity and arrogance are contemptible.