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On the forseen thing, I stopped arguing with you because I couldn't figure out what the hell you were talking about, and because I thought the inconsistency between what the President said and what the NYT article related was pretty clear.
I haven't read the oil-for-food report, but I have read (and was about to post here a link to when someone interrupted me earlier) an article relating its contents. It sounds like a lot of people, including us, knew that people were making money off the sanctions, and decided for various reasons to look the other way. In our case, it was a desire not to come down on Jordan and Turkey, allies which were violating the sanctions.
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