Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Pack of Lies
In the tradition of Alexis de Toqueville (i.e., it takes a foreigner to give US citizens a view into our true selves), anti-war British Parliamentarian George Galloway gets invited to defend himself against UN Oil for Food allegations in front of the US Senate's committee... and proceeds to rip them a new one!

Here are a couple of juicy bits - you can see a good section of the testimony via Crooks and Liars (available in Real and Windows Media video and MP3 audio):

Senator, this is the mother of all smoke screens. You are trying to divert attention from the crimes that you supported. From the theft of billions of dollars of Iraq's wealth. Have a look at the real oil for food scandal. Have a look at the 14 months you were in charge of Baghdad, the first 14 months, when 8.8 billion of Iraq's wealth went missing on your watch. Have a look at Haliburton and other American corporations that stole not only Iraq's money but the money of the American taxpayer. Have a look at the oil that you didn't even meter, that you were shipping out of the country and selling, the proceeds of which went who-knows-where.

Testify!


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