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Contributor: Barretm82
Date: 2003-03-30 22:00:54
..."There is no conflict. This program is monitored by the UN to prevent abuses and to be sure that Iraq does not import weapons with the money. I expect better from you Barret."...
Now be nice, I'll explain my position better.
The bottom line is that we have the U.N. collecting 500 million dollars a year and that same agency is trying to be an honest broker to remove WMD from Saddam.
If we want to remove the conflict of interest, then the U.N. must turn the money and the program over to a third party such as Red Cross or the Canadian program. CIDA (I think it is called). The U.N. must not use this money to "provide" U.N. salaries.
I am not saying the U.N. is corrupt in the oil for food program, just that a conflict is evident.
To take it one step further, Saddam has influence over the program indirectly and has manipulated the program to make a large part of the population dependent on it. The U.N. food for oil program is the perfect crutch for Saddam to use as a method of controlling the people of Iraq.
As I understand it, the U.N. only has control over the program on paper and not on the soil in Iraq.
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