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Lets Here It For George
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Tue May 17, 2005 @ 7:08pm |
 Coolness: 146145 | WASHINGTON - A maverick British lawmaker angrily rejected on Tuesday as "utterly preposterous" charges by the U.S. Congress that he profited from the Iraq oil-for-food program and used the hearing as a platform to attack the U.S.-led invasion. Far from showing the usual deference of witnesses before Congress, British MP George Galloway defiantly told a Senate committee its evidence against him was false, condemned the investigation and demanded to know why it had not questioned him first before making the allegations. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Wed May 18, 2005 @ 10:47am |
 Coolness: 57145 | I think they usually do question people before making allegations, legally speaking. If someone accused me of the same thing and without knowing the details of the charges cuz I don't , I would use it as a platform to attack the us led invasion as well. It might look like an argument to defer responsibility and it could be used like that. But it's also a matter of accountability and they are trying to hold this man accountable/responsible for profiting off something which was in part spurred by the iraq led invasion. Echanging oil for food, in general, when people need food especially in times of war but just in general, when your country depends on oil is profiteering.
I think if we are not recognizing that this is a problem that implies global responsibility and that needs everyone's co-operation then it is just a way to scapegoat the problem and appease the masses atleast for a little while. |
Lets Here It For George
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