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UN-Reliable
Throughout the debate on Iraq, one constant theme has been promoted by those opposing the freeing of Iraq. Put simply, it's "Halliburton bad and greedy, UN good and selfless". Hmm... what do you suppose they would be saying if Halliburton had done this....
An example of how the UN administered the corrupt Oil For Food program:
"...every single one of those four baby-formula contracts appeared "potentially overpriced" by about 26%, for a total of $11 million in potential overpayments. On the biggest of these sample contracts, a $26 million deal between Saddam and a Vietnamese dairy company--approved by the U.N. in October 2002, in the thick of the U.N. debate over going to war to remove Saddam--the estimated overpricing of 26% worked out to well over $5 million on that contract alone.
Translation: In late 2002, while Mr. Annan was lobbying against U.S.-led removal of Saddam, he was running a U.N. program in which money meant for baby formula, among other goods, was very likely flowing into the pockets of Saddam and his sons and cronies."
And we're supposed to look to the UN as the moral arbiter of international dealings. Hey, how about Ken Lay for next UN Secretary-General?
