Iraq's Budget Surplus Scandal

by Christopher Hitchens - August 10th, 2008 - Slate

One day I will publish my entire collection of upside-down Iraq headlines, where the true purport of the story is the inverse of the intended one.

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. . . what used to happen to Iraq's oil wealth, which was prostituted through a U.N. program and diverted to such noble causes as the subsidy of suicide bombers in Gaza and the financing of pro-Saddam and "anti-war" politicians in London, Paris, and Moscow.

You know, the kind of politicians that are aligned with Barack Obama in the current campaign. Perhaps that is why Obama is so stubbornly anti-war to this day. There is a global marxist campaign against individual freedom and free enterprise. The resurgence of Russian expansionism is proof the claim of death for the socialist economic system was premature. Obama is riding that global socialist movement to the Presidency of the United States. Many in America don't seem to recognize that the movement even exists.

The ongoing success in this Iraq battleground in the greater war against Islamo-fasacism, especially when predicted by such adherents as Paul Wolfowitz, should count for something. Even more important is Christopher's belief, "Surely it is those who opposed every step of this emancipation, rather than those who advocated it, who should be asked to explain and justify themselves."

Think the liberal American press will agree? Don't hold your breath. Democrats will never be asked to explain their antipathy to ridding the world of this monster. Any more than they will be called to account for their indirect support for the Islamo-fascisim movement that is still planning to destroy us.