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Originally Posted by MTI
Well, he may have been govenor when the program was first implemented, but according to the U.S. State Department's web site:
In May 2002, the United States led an initiative to streamline UN procedures for the export of goods into Iraq under the Program. This authorized the export of all goods, except those prohibited under the arms embargo or contained on a list of “dual-use” items that could have military or weapons of mass destruction applications. Items on this list, the so-called “Goods Review List,” are subject to special review procedures.
In spite of Iraqi subversion, Oil-for-Food has been a dramatic success. $25 billion in humanitarian supplies and equipment have been delivered to Iraq, and another $10 billion is in the pipeline. Caloric intake has doubled, and communicable diseases have declined significantly among the Iraqi population. The transportation, agriculture, and electricity sectors have also been rehabilitated. In his November 2002 Report to the Security Council on the Oil-for-Food Program, the UN Secretary-General observed that “the program has made and continues to make a major difference in the lives of ordinary Iraqis.”
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don't Pull this crap that this all happened only under Bush....Clinton went out of his way to suck up to the UN and the people there who were taking bribes left and right.......I'd be surprised if he wasn't getting money somehow.
We all know the Billions that France, Germany and Russia got to block every proposal to make Saddam follow the cease fire agreement he agreed to.
Now that my be normal in most third world countries and Louisiana...but its not legal or acceptile in most of the developed world.