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Deep, Deep
Dedicated to Claudia Rosett, without whose fantastic Wall Street Journal reportage the oil-for-food story would have been flushed down the memory hole.
(to the 1958 tune "Beep Beep" by the Playmates)
DEDICATION: To Claudia Rosett, without whose fantastic Wall Street Journal reportage the oil-for-food story would have been flushed down the memory hole.
Here is a link that gives the tune's history and also has a link to obtain the music.
p> em>Deep deep, deep deep br> Kofi's in deep deep deep /em> /p> p>While rummaging around Baghdad br> We found to our surprise br> A mom's lode stash of documents br> Appeared before our eyes br> Guys were on Saddam's' payroll pad br> Champagne not Old Grand-Dad br> Baath petrodollars went their way
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John C. Wohlstetter is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, author of The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us, and founder of the issues blog Letter From the Capitol.
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