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LAT Editorial Woof: Kofi Annan's tough love
 Though plagued by corruption scandals, the outgoing secretary-general's focus on human rights and reform has left the United Nations a stronger institution.Few things get conservatives more riled up than when foreigners talk smack about the U.S. of A. So they aren't exactly sending warm retirement wishes to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who leaves office at the end of the month after having the audacity to give a farewell speech last week in Independence, Mo. hometown of President Truman replete with veiled criticisms of this nation's human rights record and fondness for unilateralism. Lost in the angry responses from U.N. haters who mostly questioned how Annan could dare criticize the U.S. when the U.N. has so many problems of its own was that much of what Annan said was true. Annan was simply fulfilling his role as secretary-general one that his successor, Ban Ki-moon, would do well to emulate. Posted by: .com 2006-12-18 |
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