Well that helps explain a lot!

Just why does Kofi reflexively believe that Israel is the great Satan of the world? Perhaps it's the company he keeps?

It seems that Hezbollah head weirdbeard Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah was given an aura of legitimacy when he had a little Kofi talk last week. Most galling is this:

The highlight of Annan's visit to Beirut, however, was his meeting on Tuesday with Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah held at Annan's request. During the meeting, at Hizbullah's headquarters in Beirut's southern district, Nasrallah told the UN chief that his group would continue its struggle until the liberation of all Lebanese territory. Annan reportedly thanked the Hizbullah leaders for maintaining law and order in the south since Israel's pullout. The meeting was unlikely to have gone down well with the United States and Israel who consider Hizbullah an "enemy of peace."

"The meeting was unlikely to have gone down well with the United States and Israel"? Someone has apparently perfected the fine and underappreciated art of understatement!

No wonder Kofi can't condemn Hezbollah!