Oil-for-food report states the obvious

The official investigation of the United Nations oil-for-food program has determined what everyone already knew: The $64 billion humanitarian program was corrupt. The report, which won’t be released until Wednesday but has been partially obtained by the Associated Press, notes that the program did help some Iraqis get needed health care, but that these achievements were overshadowed by “endemic corruption.” Though there reportedly is no smoking gun linking U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan directly to the corruption, the investigation does partly blame Annan for the scandal, as well as France and Russia, which profited from the oil contracts. Again, tell us something we didn’t already know.
Posted by Phillip Brownlee

18 Comments

  1. Galahad
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 1:38 pm | Permalink

    And the biggest oil companies in the world like Cheney’s Halliburton based in the U.S. of A. got nothing.

    Yeah . . . right . . .

  2. Galahad Redux
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 3:22 pm | Permalink

    Listen to me!Now this is true.Whatever happensI’ll blame on you.

    Don’t need no proofI just bloviate’Cause you got friendsThat I love to hate.

    I hate BushOh yes I do,And if you like himThen I hate you, too.

  3. Jimmy Bisoni
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 3:26 pm | Permalink

    The U.N., the FEMA of world diplomacy.

  4. Galahad
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 4:15 pm | Permalink

    Ahmad wants to buy a two-story mobile home . . .

  5. Ian Santiago
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 5:17 pm | Permalink

    Th UN was always corrupt but that ape Kofi Annan and his monkey son have brought african style, super corruption to that useless institution! It is time to get the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN!

  6. Ahmad
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 5:41 pm | Permalink

    IanYour language and bigotry are beneath human dignity. No matter what race or ethnic group or culture is being discussed, your kind of slurs are uncalled for.

    We’re talking about crooks here, who come in all colors and stripes. Your comments are not welcome.

    Kofi Anan and his son are documented crooks. Leave it at that.

  7. Ian Santiago
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 6:41 pm | Permalink

    If “people” choose to act like animals, I will describe and treat them as such!

  8. Jimmy Bisoni
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 9:15 pm | Permalink

    But if you want to call a Republican a Nazi, that’s totally acceptable slur here. Happens daily.

  9. Galahad
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 11:24 pm | Permalink

    Ian is a racist POS. Period.

    He only posts when he can say something despicable about blacks, Jews, or Arabs.

    Go join your buddies down at the KKK shack and leave decent folks alone, will you, Ian?

  10. Galahad
    Posted September 6, 2005 at 11:48 pm | Permalink

    Jimmy–

    Who has been abused like wealthy conservative white men in this culture? No one, they are the true victims!

    Just look at how the mean liberals call them names (sniff sniff).

    *****

    Rush and Sean and Bill O’Reilly are masters at turning the most powerful group in America who run every branch of the gov’t into outraged victims of “big government and liberals!”

    Looks like Jimmy can parrot their sentiments without hesitating to think about it.

  11. Trell
    Posted September 7, 2005 at 1:36 am | Permalink

    You’re over-reacting again, Galahad.

  12. Galahad
    Posted September 7, 2005 at 8:46 am | Permalink

    You have a good point, Trell.

    Too bad it’s at the top of your head.

    Looks like I’ll just have to under-react for awhile to compensate . . .

  13. J M Walker
    Posted September 8, 2005 at 6:06 am | Permalink

    Here in the states, it’s food for oil. And big oil is bragging about their $7.6 billion profits. Way to go guys!

  14. TRACY
    Posted September 8, 2005 at 7:49 am | Permalink

    Pretty damn smart monkeys, I’d say.They run (and pilfer from) the U.N.What’s your job Mr. Racist?

    I wish I was a rich animal.

  15. Ian Santiago
    Posted September 8, 2005 at 1:12 pm | Permalink

    Tracy,

    The reason those monkeys got away with their crimes is because too many cowardly Whites said nothing for fear of being called racist!

    I actually run my own small financial services firm. I provide employment for other White Christian Americans nad I conduct buisiness with honour and integrity, unlike that baboon Kofi and his simian son!

  16. TRACY
    Posted September 8, 2005 at 1:14 pm | Permalink

    Saaaaalute!

  17. TRACY
    Posted September 8, 2005 at 4:06 pm | Permalink

    Shame on u illiterate cowardly whites. You should stand up and be called racist like good guys do.

  18. XXX
    Posted September 8, 2005 at 4:08 pm | Permalink

    For anybody who’s interested, here’s kind of a Cliff Notes version of the investigation. Lots of blame to go around, including the US (we shielded our partners from closr investigation). Anyway, this’ll save you from reading 1,000 pages of gobblidy gook:

    http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2005/09/oil_for_food_re.html