Zodiak

Firstly, I object to the word "bullshit" being used to describe what I posted. I recommend using words that are not meant to incite anger. You can make your point without deriding me. I joined here to avoid that kind of language.

Second, yes, I have heard of the oil for food program scandals. These are scandals that US private corporations had a very deep hand into, as well. My argument was based on nuance. The program was partially successful. It was successful in that it contained Saddam within his own borders and showed him that obtaining WMD's was impossible, but the oil for food program was not a success in that many, many Iraqis died as a result of the sanctions, which furthered hatred towards the West.

I would also argue that the corrpution in the oil for food program was small potatoes compared to the corruption from US private companies in the present occupation. 8.8 billion dollars is missing with no accountability at all, and that was just the occupation up until the point Paul Bremer left and handed over sovereignty. I am afraid that Iraq has been a place that very ill-mannered people from multiple countries have used to launder money or make shady business deals for years after Gulf War 1. Sadly, the US is now almost the exclusive holder of that title, now.

Here is an article describing what happened to the US company names on the oil for food program scandal list in the Deulfer report.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Oct7.html

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