Claudia Rosett Peels an Onion

This Claudia Rosett article on NRO begins…

When Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) last year compared the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal to “an onion,” he had just one thing wrong: The more you peel, the bigger it gets.

It has more good lines, but read it for the facts on how Saddam Hussein targeted his bribes to officials of nations with seats on the U.N. Security Council.



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