No, Doug, there you go again failing to provide any kind of counter evidence, except to say "the administration says so."

My source for the current popularity of Saddam comes form many sources, including the Congressmen who recently visited Iraq, numerous radio interviews over the past several years in which Iraqis expressed their support for Saddam and their distruct of all things American, specifically stating it was because of the sanctions.

On the Oil For Food Program, Doug, I might refer you to the UN Sanctions Committee, the current and former UN Humanities Coordinator for Irag, and CNN. I refer you to UN Resolution 986, particularly paragraphs 7-9 and 15, Resolution 1051, which establishes the monitoring program.

Of course, you could read all about it directly from the UN Office of the Iraq Programme Oil For Food . But it's so much easier to believe unsubstantiated propaganda from the President, right?