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Originally Posted by moosenose
Ummmm...correct me if I'm wrong here, but the corruption came NOT from the fact that oil was moving out of Iraq, but instead stemmed from the fact that Saddam was giving benefits to high up people in the UN and certain other governments in order to get them to oppose US policy regarding Iraq. In other words, they were being paid to sell the US AND the UN resolutions out.
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Yes.
And unfortunately, the corruption went all the way to the top.
Then there is the little matter of Saddam paying off the top officials in the French government as well as that very vocal British politician.
Personally, I think the UN has suffered the fate of the League of Nations and should be simularly put to rest.