Ah, yes. The war that the UN was supposed to prevent, they were expected to plan for.

Notice it's "Oil for Food". Not "Oil for rebuilding hospitals, providing blood supplies and medicines, restoring morgues, and supplying bandages". Food, in its less-perishable forms, can be stockpiled. The only medical supplies that can be stockpiled in this way are blankets, bandages, and other textile-type health aids. Even aspirin has an expiration date.

It also supposes that, once the food is there, there is some way to deliver it effectively. This requires some sort of governing structure. There isn't one.

Funny how the UN is irrelevant only when it's inconvenient.

Regards--
Mary Anne

Regards--
Mary Anne