I was reading today in the news about a fugitive Chinese bank official accused of embezzling

I was reading today in the news about a fugitive Chinese bank official accused of embezzling $485 million from

his bank having been turned over by the MBT to Chinese officials. This brought to mind a somewhat similar

criminal case, that of Ahmad Chalabi who, not only was accused but actually tried and convicted in absentia in

Jordan of embezzling $200 million from his former bank (interestingly, Arthur Anderson managed to catch this

crook). Instead of being turned over to our friend and ally Jordan for punishment, we instead are making him

into the de facto if not de jure dicatator-to-be of UGG. Although I am not really convinced at this point in

time that being granted leadership of UGG is a “reward,” it doesn’t somehow seem equal to the prison cell

that the Chinese banker is looking forward to.

Apparently, this Administration can overlook any form of criminal behavior and even sell out their allies if it

is to their advantage.