Annan Says U.S. & UK Share Blame for Oil-for-Food Scandal

According to a report from Aljazeera.com, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the United States and Britain share responsibility for the oil-for-food scandal. Annan contends that most of the money Saddam Hussein made from oil sales was not governed by the oil-for-food program, but rather income was generated through smuggling operations to Turkey and Jordan that had the tacit approval of the U.S. and the UK.

I don't get it. If oil was being smuggled out of Iraq and not part of the UN oil-for-food program, how would that make the U.S. and UK responsible for the oil-for-food scandal? Kofi seems to be making a baseless charge.

Interestingly, Annan also stated that most of the American media has an ideological bias and, therefore, hasn't reported that the U.S. and UK are to blame for the oil-for-food scandal. This statement is bizarre. Agreed, the American media have a bias but it's normally in full support of the UN and the Secretary-General. Holy moly! The MSM normally ignores or glosses over the peccadilloes of the UN.

Frankly, I fear that I'm missing some major point or something because this recent contention from Kofi Annan couldn't make less sense. It seems he's trying to make the U.S. and UK responsible for UN programs. It would naturally follow that he thinks the U.S. is responsible for UN 'peacekeepers' raping children in the Congo. Or the U.S. is at fault for inaction by the UN in Darfur.

I'm confused.