Understatement of the Year

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday the world body's reputation had been damaged by a furor over its oil-for-food program in Iraq, as investigators released the fullest accounting to date of the scandal-plagued program.

You don't say. And people actually wonder why the majority of the US military and the executive branch has lost faith in the UN. Remember, also, Rwanda? 800,000 killed in the internecine tribal fighting under the noses of roughly 8,000 Belgian troops, who were then pulled out. Riiiiiiiiiiiigh....the UN got it done!

Russian and French companies were the most active buyers and sellers under the program, according to figures released yesterday by an independent U.N. investigating panel headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

No wonder why the French didn't want Op Iraqi Freedom. God forbid they lose out on that cash. Let's not forget our newest friends in democracy, the Russians. Oh, yeah, what about all those French weapons and electronics that were sold to Iraqi AFTER the embargo???

This...is the understatement of the year...Makes me sick to my stomach.