Oil for Food
Since conservatives love to complain that no one is talking about the Oil for Food scandal (even though its been on the the front page of every major newspaper several times in the last week) I thought I would give it some airtime on this site.
A Washington post editorial from yesterday sheds some crucial light details of the scandal that go unreported by most of the mainstream media.
"Certainly it is far too early to...call for the resignation of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, as Mr. Coleman did last week. That sounds to us like U.N.-bashing for political gain rather than responsible criticism.
It is also misleading to portray the oil-for-food program as a slush fund for Saddam Hussein while ignoring the far larger riches he reaped through illicit trade that was entirely unrelated to the United Nations. Most of the billions amassed by Saddam Hussein for weapons and palaces during the 1990s came through sanctions-busting trade in oil and other goods with such countries as Jordan, Turkey and Syria. The United States knew about this business but either condoned it, as in the case of Jordan, or did little or nothing to stop it.
If Congress wishes to assign accountability for Saddam Hussein's ability to pay the families of Palestinian suicide bombers, it would make more sense to investigate why and how the non-U.N. trade was tolerated."
posted by ian @ 8:03 PM
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I've been perusing your site for quite some time - listening to your liberal whining. It's often times enough to make me sick. Sometimes I actually want to vomit when I read your rants. But alas, I return to the site each week for more torture. This little apologist piece for the Kofi Annan and the UN finally put me over the edge.
I thought it might be helpful to impart some beneficial knowledge to you and your readers. I hope this is helpful for any of you liberals out there who are just waiting for somebody to show you the light...
A Lesson in Political History
Recorded History began some 5,000 years ago. Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains in the summer, would go to the beach and live on fish and lobster in winter.
The 2 most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundations of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into 2 distinct subgroups: Liberals and Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early human ancestors were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as "the Conservative movement."
Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the sewing of the animal hides, fetching and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as 'girleymen.'
Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.
Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass, which they voted on.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine spritzers or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men.
Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule in baseball because it wasn't "fair" to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, soldiers, athletes and generally anyone who works productively outside government. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to "govern and tax" the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. The liberals then crept in after the Wild West was tame and created a government of trying to get MORE for nothing.
Here ends today's lesson in world history.
-A Very Wise Man
I almost made you vomit....
I see my work here is done.
I have a question. Who was president while the U.S. knew (according to a Post editorial) that Oil for Food was going wrong?
Why didn't the Post say "the Clinton Administration"?
I've never heard that we knew what was happening, and I'd like to see the Posts's sources.
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