It's the Oil-for-food scandal all over again

24 years ago, when Saddam Hussein was invading Kuwait, the United Nations put in place sanctions -- Security Council Resolutions 706 & 712 that allowed the sale of Iraqi oil in exchange for food.

Needless to say, this was violated from day one and one of the major offenders was UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, specifically his son Kojo who was "employed" by Cotecna Inspection S.A. while Cotecna was hired by Annan to oversee the administration of the program. That is just the tip of the iceberg. All this was completely out in the open, these people were operating brazenly with no oversight and with no fear of censure from the mainstream media. It is happening again.

From Bloomberg:

Iran Oil Minister Rejects Export Limit From Nuclear Deal
Iran will export crude oil at the maximum level possible, regardless of restrictions imposed in an interim deal that offered the country some relief from sanctions over its nuclear program, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said.

Iran shipped about 1.37 million barrels a day of crude on average during the first three months of the year, according to data from the International Energy Agency. Under an interim accord aimed at curbing the country’s nuclear program in return for easing some sanctions, Iran should limit exports to an average of 1 million barrels a day in the six months through July, the U.S. said in November.

“We don’t accept any figure or number that is told to us in terms of a measure for our own exports,” Zanganeh told reporters at an energy exhibition in Tehran today. “Iran will set Iran’s export level, and we will export at the maximum level possible.”

They are laughing at us and we do not realize it. We refuse to get into their minds for fear of appearing to be politically incorrect. The islamist culture is a primitive one. Christians had the same problem but we went through a reformation in the 1500's -- they have not and this is seriously overdue.

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