Saturday, December 02, 2006
UK corruption
A bribery investigation threatening the future of 50,000 British jobs followed heavy pressure on Tony Blair from George Bush's administration, The Independent on Sunday said..
Seems to be the 'usual thing', enormous tips in the right direction, immediate silence insisted by Saudi Arabia, USA apparently taking the view that it wants a deal (including tips of course) with the Saudis instead, and British workers can lose their jobs rather than scum American politicians lose theirs. After examples like Flint, Mich. it seems clear that the American workers will probably lose their jobs soon anyway simply because US big business is too unwieldy to adjust to new circumstances.
The UK Guardian weighs in here with "Some commentators seem to think that evidence of arms deal corruption is just the price of doing business. How cynical - and wrong." I leave aside the Guardian's comments about the Daily Mail like "spittle-flecked rants against Polly"; this sort of thing is like two worn out old TV comedians insulting each other for joint publicity.
However the moral indignation sponsored by the Guardian in that article is reasonable. For example "How does the ministry of defence know that the company from which it buys arms for British soldiers and pilots stops its habits of bribery at Dover?". The intended answer presumably is that it does not.
IMO: It is certainly all true that it would help us all if the Saudis and many others would bring their business methods into the requirements of 21st Century to retain world peace. It would also be honorable and probably more in accordance with the holy Koran.
Seems to be the 'usual thing', enormous tips in the right direction, immediate silence insisted by Saudi Arabia, USA apparently taking the view that it wants a deal (including tips of course) with the Saudis instead, and British workers can lose their jobs rather than scum American politicians lose theirs. After examples like Flint, Mich. it seems clear that the American workers will probably lose their jobs soon anyway simply because US big business is too unwieldy to adjust to new circumstances.
The UK Guardian weighs in here with "Some commentators seem to think that evidence of arms deal corruption is just the price of doing business. How cynical - and wrong." I leave aside the Guardian's comments about the Daily Mail like "spittle-flecked rants against Polly"; this sort of thing is like two worn out old TV comedians insulting each other for joint publicity.
However the moral indignation sponsored by the Guardian in that article is reasonable. For example "How does the ministry of defence know that the company from which it buys arms for British soldiers and pilots stops its habits of bribery at Dover?". The intended answer presumably is that it does not.
IMO: It is certainly all true that it would help us all if the Saudis and many others would bring their business methods into the requirements of 21st Century to retain world peace. It would also be honorable and probably more in accordance with the holy Koran.
# posted by uv : 8:29 PM
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