Kofi Annan Resigns

UN Special Envoy Kofi Annan has resigned from his role as the Quixotic would-be peacemaker in Syria.

There was never any chance that he could broker a durable cease-fire and peaceful transfer of power. A man like him can be effective if two sides in a conflict are tired of fighting and want to negotiate in good faith with each other, but blood-soaked totalitarians in a struggle for their very survival will never go for Dr. Phil-style solutions.

The war in Syria won’t end until one side is utter...