[CLINTON] How do you explain this? ahhh-ha!?

Question

Ok.. i know the liberals dont like the Republicans pointing out things that caused what we are currently dealing with today.. And i dont mean to dab into that entire tabbocle too much...

but i am wondering liberals and anti-administration criticizers,

How do you explain these "successes" of U.N. + President Clinton's "brilliant" policies and decisions that Bush "regretfully" lacks...

[ CIA Intelligence Briefing - OFF created : 1996 - OFF supportively-created by : President Clinton - Briefing created : 2004 ]

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The introduction of the Oil-For-Food program (OFF) in late 1996 was a key turning point for the Regime.
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OFF rescued Baghdad's economy from a terminal decline created by sanctions. The Regime quickly came to see that OFF could be corrupted to acquire foreign exchange both to further undermine sanctions and to provide the means to enchance dual-use infrastructure and potential WMD-related development.
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Oil-for-food investigation --

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The probes follow on the heels of an assessment by the U.S. General Accounting Office, released in April 2004, which found that Hussein collected $10.1 billion in illegal oil revenues from 1997 to 2002. This consisted of $5.7 from oil smuggled out of Iraq and $4.4 billion from illicit surcharges and kickbacks from suppliers. Most of this money went toward illegal procurement and propping up Saddam's regime.
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"In January 2005, Samir A. Vincent, an Iraqi-American, was the first to enter a guilty plea in conjunction with the oil-for-food scandal. Vincent lobbied the U.S. government to repeal the sanctions against Iraq. ... At least four others have been charged in conjunction with the scandal."
http://www.iraqwatch.org/update/archive-08-31-05-excerpts.htm

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Former American fugitive Marc Rich was a middleman for several of Iraq's suspect oil deals in February 2001, just one month after his pardon from President Clinton, according to oil industry shipping records obtained by ABC News.
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http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=295926&page=1

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The investigation into the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal has turned up evidence that places Pardongate fugitive Marc Rich at the center of the probe...
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Rich, probers immediately zeroed in on his ex-wife Denise, who had donated more than $1 million to Democratic campaigns - including Hillary Clinton's first Senate race - during the same period that Rich was doing business with Saddam.
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Rich's ex also ponied up $450,000 for Clinton's library and donated the max to the Clintons' defense fund.
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Denise Rich invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, raising prosecutors' suspicions that she was covering up the money trail between her husband and the White House.
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/12/13/101107.shtml

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I dont know about you, and thats why i am asking, but the information that detectives found, which led investigators straight to the Clinton family.. seems yet again, pretty suspicious.


summary/timeline.
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-U.N. creates Oil-For-Food program
-Fugitive Marc Rich is pardoned by the president

..years later, after investigation..

-coincidentally(?) Marc Rich turns up as the middle man in a multi-million dollar OFF scandal
-Marc Rich's ex-wife is reported to have donated more then $1 million to Democratic campaigns, such as Hillary's first senate race (which took place during the same time Rich was doing business with Saddam
-She also reportedly donated $450,000 to Clinton's library
-She also reportedly donated numerious sums of cash to Clinton's defense fund...

From simple research on the topic, it seems to me that once the UN passed the Oil-For-Food program, Clinton realized there was a loop-hole in the system (as did many critics), Clinton knew the man who could successfully manage this loophole, Clinton then pardoned the convicted felon Marc Rich, Marc Rich collectively collected $10.1 billion dollars through the scam, as compensation for the scam and for the pardon.. Clinton requested financial support for certain things, Clinton thought of sumwhat obvious plan to cover the traces between Marc Rich and the White House by 1st of all, having Marc Rich transfer the money to Clinton through his unsuspected ex-wife.. and to transfer the money to the Clinton's through donations, and not bank account transfers.

Do you think this is valid?

Liberals: How do you respond to this? Do you atleast understand why the Republicans question Clinton's time in the White House?

Is it fair to say that if not for the prosperous loop-hole the Saddam was able to financially capitalize on, Saddam would have continued to dry up under the UN sanctions and would have not been able to become so dangerous in the years between 1996-2003?

If not for this scam, would Iran Syria China and Russia be such a military + nuclear threat to America, like it is now, and i becoming to be...?

Why are Republicans not allowed to question these things about Clinton? Why is there so much liberal opposition to investigation?


http://www.newsmax.com/hottopics/Clinton_Scandals.shtml

NIZNICR --

AND CLINTON SYSTEMATTICALLY GAVE $10.1 BILLION DOLLARS TO SADDAM'S REGIME !!

Answer 1

Sorry your question was too long and tedious to read. But hey, thanks for the two points!

Answer 2

yeah... uh... this pretty much reads like those "BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL" and "BUSH DID 9-11"posts...

a lot of facts, cited to a lot of ultra-bias websites with sources that are 10 times shakier than Michael J. Fox....

I think it's possible... but not likely...

I think the sources you cited are about 10 percent accurate... kind of like a Michael Moore movie...

frankly, I don't know that much about it... but do I really care enough to take the time to look into it enough to debunk your information... not really...

I explain this as people twisting the truth and a few facts into something they want to believe so badly...

why isn't he arrested if he's guilty of all of this? is it a big conspiracy?

Answer 3

Hmmm, I don't know. Why does Bush not want a REAL investigation into 9/11 and why did he block one for months and months. Why did Bush deliberately manipulate intelligence relating to our war in Iraq?

And...which caused the death of more American lives?

Answer 4

Could you perhaps summarize? I don't come onto Y!A to read long cut-and-pastes.

That said, the Republicans *did* question everything about the Clintons, so clearly it's allowed. They spent a great deal of our taxpayer's money doing just that.

Answer 5

Saddam wasn't a legitimate threat to the US at any time when Bush was in office, but keep on drinking the kool-aid if you want.

Bush and his cronies lied. No WMDs. No legitimate threat. No connections to A-Q.

There ain't no gettin' around it.

Answer 6

I just have one question, when are you people going to start actively investigate(Not reading what some supposed un-bais information source said!) and elect true, and decent REPRESENTATIVES of our Nation, instead of these elitist, self indulgent, CAREER PLOTITICIANS.

Answer 7

Not allowed to question things about Clinton???????? You jackasses spent 5 years and 50 MILLION dollars questioning Clinton.

Answer 8

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