WisPolitics Budget Blog

Only now, 3+ years after President Bush and SoS Colin Powell implored the United Nations to enforce sanctions against Saddam Hussein, is it revealed why the their pleas fell to the marble floor; Saddam had the building in his back pocket.

The back pocket of his military costume, not the back pocket of his desert robes.

Testimony to a US Senate committee last week Friday confirmed diplomats at all levels, including government leaders, were bribed by Saddam in exchange for opposing or easing sanctions against Iraq. (story)

The United Nations is an incompetent den of thieves. No wonder the diplomatic corp. is dreading John Bolton’s confirmation as U.N. Ambassador. He knows where the money trails lead.