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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (195772)	8/7/2006 4:55:35 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

And why doesn't he discuss some of the "illegalities" he's familiar with, namely the involvement of he and his son in manipulating relief contracts paid for via the Oil For Food program? I have a better idea. Let's compare Kofi Annan and his son to that of the United States Government and US contractors. Let's see who the bigger criminals are. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations assigned to investigate the scandal has also concluded that "The United States (government) was not only aware of Iraqi oil sales which violated UN sanctions and provided the bulk of the illicit money Saddam Hussein obtained from circumventing UN sanctions. On occasion, the United States actually facilitated the illicit oil sales." The report also found that individuals and companies in the United States accounted for 52% of all oil-voucher kickbacks paid to Saddam Hussein. en.wikipedia.org Your turn. Fill in what Kofi and his son did in detail and let's compare. jttmab

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (195772)	8/7/2006 5:00:40 PM
From: GST	Respond to of 281500

Oh ya, right, when the head of the UN says the US invasion was an illegal not sanctioned by the UN it means nothing. But when the US Congress votes to approve the invasion of Iraq then it becomes a UN sanctioned action. You are really a piece of work. In the real world, a belligerent US administration presided over by little George Bush and some really weak kneed Democrats with their own feeble leadership problems led a ragtag bunch of countries in a unilateral invasion of Iraq and totally screwed it up. Now you want to go back and say it was a UN mission to spread democracy. Its a crock. What starts out screwed up has a funny way of ending up screwed up, and the unilateral "US-led" invasion of Iraq is about as screwed up as it gets.