Lyndon LaRouche was not impressed today with the argument of Tim Geithner and others that it will be "very difficult legally" to recover $165 million in bonuses AIG just paid to derivatives traders with taxpayer money.

"They can; they're going to have to do it," he said. "All this bullshit: `we're going to see if we can do it....' The whole thing was a fraud perpetrated against the American government. And therefore, I don't care what the agreement was, if the agreement was an instrument of fraud, then the agreement is cancelled. It's that simple! Stop this bullshit! A fraud against the US government, does not mean this is an obligatory arrangement. If it's fraudulent, if it's misleading, if it violates the separation of state from private interests, in those cases it's cancelled, and these guys would pay the money back! I want us to get the money back, now!

"To teach the world a lesson as to who's boss," he added.
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