Time to go, Kofi!

Now comes world renowned statesman Kofi Annan (shouldn't he have a Nobel by now? Along with Jimmy and Yasser?) to tell us the War for the Liberation of Iraq is illegal. I'd say, Kofi, that you'd probably be best to stop doing business with the Great Satan, which means you won't want to be eating at the Four Seasons in NYC, etc. etc. Better take everybody home with you. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

More on Kofi from the WSJ's Opinion Journal.

The Secretary-General's latest posturing is far from harmless. The U.N. has been given the lead role in organizing the elections in Iraq scheduled for January. But Mr. Annan's "illegal" comments, which have been replayed across the Arab world, have given an added feeling of legitimacy to every jihadist hoping to disrupt the vote.

His comments also suggest that Mr. Annan belongs in the same category as France and Russia in never intending the "serious consequences" threatened by Resolution 1441. We wonder: Could the corrupt Oil for Food program and all the revenues it generated for the U.N. have anything to do with it?