What was Kofi Annan's Role in Rwanda?

Joel Mowbray's column today, Kofi Annan's critical role in the genocide in Rwanda at Townhall, is sure to raise some questions. Questions like, "Why the hell do Annan and the U.N. still have international status?" But given the international community's errant "global think" mentality, the more pertinent question would be, "Why is the U.S. still supporting this criminal institution on the East River?"

Up for three Oscars Sunday night—and unsurprisingly snubbed by Hollywood—Hotel Rwanda is based on the incredible true story of Paul Rusesabagina, who used the five-star hotel he managed to shield almost 1,300 Rwandans from certain death in 1994.

But if you watch this powerful film—and you should—what you won’t see is the even more incredibly true story of the man with direct culpability for the deaths of 800,000 Tutsis: now-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The only place you can find this stomach-turning story, in fact, is in Amb. Dore Gold’s new UN-trashing tome called Tower of Babble.

Gold’s heavily researched and copiously footnoted book is solid throughout, but by far the best chapter is “Impartial to Genocide,” which serves as a damning indictment of Kofi Annan. The most startling revelation: Despite having credible advance warning that a genocide was imminent, Kofi was the man who spearheaded the UN’s unconscionable position of “neutrality” as Hutu militias murdered thousands of Tutsis per day.

Be sure to read Mowbray's piece in its entirety. And please read the linked review of Tower of Babble. Amazing!