Monday, May 03, 2004

UNSCAM: There have been some rumblings about this on the blogosphere, but not much in the mainstream news. The Washington Times has a broad piece about how the countries that opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq were the ones apparently profiting from the U.N. oil-for-food bribery scandal.

Even if all the allegations prove true, that doesn't necessarily mean that the governments of these countries were purely looking to protect their under-the-table deals when they voted against the war. But it is a factor, and it undercuts their credibility. Most of all, the scandal gives us another indication how terrorists, dictators, and other governments are intertwined and self-supporting. Allowing such corruption to continue puts lives in danger. And removing a dictator like Saddam Hussein is akin to killing a cancerous growth that was weakening the world body and letting terrorists thrive unchecked.