Billy Joel would surely be more inclined to suffer his trevails (as channeled by Michael Ian Black) than the man dubbed “The Piano Man” in this story that freaks me out more than a little.
The Guardian throws a volley at the VRWC with this article saying that Bush & Co. was in on illegal oil trading with Iraq.
A report released last night by Democratic staff on a Senate investigations committee presents documentary evidence that the Bush administration was made aware of illegal oil sales and kickbacks paid to the Saddam Hussein regime but did nothing to stop them.
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In fact, the Senate report found that US oil purchases accounted for 52% of the kickbacks paid to the regime in return for sales of cheap oil – more than the rest of the world put together.
“The United States was not only aware of Iraqi oil sales which violated UN sanctions and provided the bulk of the illicit money Saddam Hussein obtained from circumventing UN sanctions,” the report said. “On occasion, the United States actually facilitated the illicit oil sales.