Oil-for-Food update

Funny, I thought it was America that was the corrupt nation whose interests in Iraq were purely based on oil revenues and enriching the oligarchy.

Congressional investigators say that France, Russia and China systematically sabotaged the former United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq by preventing the United States and Britain from investigating whether Saddam Hussein was diverting billions of dollars. ...
The paper suggests that France, Russia and China blocked inquiries into Iraq's manipulation of the program because their companies "had much to gain from maintaining'' the status quo. "Their businesses made billions of dollars through their involvement with the Hussein regime and O.F.F.P.," the document states, using the initials for the program. No officials of the three governments could be reached for comment. ...
The paper said Mr. Hussein's government had influenced whom Saybolt and Cotecna employed and had made it hard for them to obtain the equipment and supplies they needed. "This slowed the inspection process, making it difficult for the inspectors to carry out their duties and easier for the Iraqis to pressure the inspectors or sneak things past the inspection regime,'' the paper says.

Saddam got away with $10 billion that we know about. The fact that the main argument for the anti-war faction in the UN was that "inspections are working" seems to be quite transparently ludicrous, given these assertions.
No blood for oil, indeed. As Instapundit would say, "they're not anti-war, they're just on the other side."
John Kerry, relatedly, insists that the war would've been more legitimate in the eyes of the world had America had approval from France, Germany, Russia and China. Does it seem terribly likely to you that they would've given it, regardless of who was president?