NationStates Jolt Archive

Does a pretty good job. Apparently, it has become clear that Australia was pwned by Saddam under the table before the war - turning Australian money into payments for suicide bombers.

Sort of reminds me of the Communist adage, "we'll hang the last capitalist with the rope he sold us".

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17498079%255E601,00.html

KICKBACKS paid by Australia's monopoly wheat exporter to the regime of Saddam Hussein were put into a bank account used to finance a $US10million ($13 million) slush fund for families of Palestinian suicide bombers.

I'm going to tell you the same thing I tell everyone that tries to suggest how much money sucks/corrupts/needs to be gotten rid of:

If you hate it so much, try living without it for a couple of months.

I'm going to tell you the same thing I tell everyone that tries to suggest how much money sucks/corrupts/needs to be gotten rid of:

If you hate it so much, try living without it for a couple of months.

Can't live without it, but I don't have to take it in the form of a kickback.

money = power