It’s not about oil –uh-huh
Paul Wolfowitz, US deputy defence secretary says
differently:
Asked why a nuclear power such as North Korea was being treated differently from Iraq, where hardly any weapons
of mass destruction had been found, the deputy defence minister said: “Let’s look at it simply. The most important
difference between North Korea and Iraq is that economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on a
sea of oil.”
Emphasis is mine.
I hate to say I told you so, but: I told you so. Don’t feel angry about it, because I always knew Bush’s war was
about oil, always knew none of the reasons given by the warmongers made sense and I never trusted either Bush or
Blair anyway. But if you’re somebody who sincerily believed that war with Iraq was a good thing, who believed the
lies the loony twins were spreading, you must feel pretty fucked by now.
UPDATE: Too good to be true? Check Calpundit for more on this.
It seems the original English to German translation lost a lot of context. Nevertheless, I still think Wolfowitz did tacitly acknowledge that
Bush’s War is about oil…
Story found via Charlie Stross. Also posted at Wis[s]e Words.