Comrade Commissar, fresh from the Lubyanka where he's been ignoring corruption in the local soviets, has set his Dragunov's sights on the United Nations food for oil program in Iraq, and the resultant growing scandal(s) surrounding the administration thereof. The abuse of this program is an odious thing, and may go to explain why certain individuals and governments were less than enthusiastic about overthrowing the Baathist regime.

Correspondingly, please visit Friends of Saddam for further information on the despicable circumstances coming to light. I don't hate the UN as an idea, but I'm certainly disgusted with the goings on at this point.

UPDATE: I want to make clear that Friends of Saddam is not a tongue-in-cheek enterprise on the order of The Politburo Diktat. It is a straight news blog, and will serve as a resource for information on the issue.

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1 TCP, Thanks for the kind words. Very funny, wise guy. 'Friends of Saddam' will be straight reporting. "Just the facts, Ma'am." Any interest?

Posted by: The Commissar at April 20, 2004 11:34 AM (VpkLq)

2 Hey, glad to be of assistance. You've been a great help in creating traffic, and I appreciate your efforts. I may not have gotten the 'Joe Friday' focus of the new blog across in my posting, so I'll append that shortly. I appreciate the request, and I may take you up on it eventually. The problem is that I've got to slog through exams and preparation for the bar in the near future, so I'll probably be stretched for time just keeping this blog current. That's my stance at this point, and may change in the future. The basic problem is that I don't know a whole lot about the thing, and would have to dive deeply into lots of fact-intensive things to post intelligently.

Posted by: The Country Pundit at April 20, 2004 11:49 AM (QUo4+)

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