Well, one makes it sound like we took over the country to take their oil, the other claims that economic sanctions proved to be useless because Iraq has so much oil the leaders could still get all the money they wanted.
Because economic sanctions can actually have an affect on North Korea's leaders, those routes are being used before threat of military action. Regarding Little Green Footballs, I don't know who owns it, or anything about it. However they used the real quote, and provided links to credible sources. The Guardian on the other hand, removed the story, probably because the learned the facts were not correct. I don't fault the paper, I fault the author. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:12 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil > > I dont see the difference between the allegedly accurate quote and the > allegedly inaccurate quote. They both say oil was the deciding factor. > > And what the heck in little green footballs? who owns it? I had trouble > getting past the description of the guardian as a "rag"....as best I can > tell it's a rather conservative member of the mainstream press. Wayne? > > Dana > > Heald, Tim writes: > > > The guardian has even taken down the story now. > > > > Tim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nick McClure [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:31 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil > > > > > > Wolfowitz was misquoted. > > > > > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?M297251D4 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 7:42 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil > > > > > > > > Oil was the main reason for military action against Iraq, a leading > > > White > > > > House hawk has claimed, confirming the worst fears of those opposed > to > > > the > > > > US-led war. > > > > > > > > The US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz - who has already > > > > undermined Tony Blair's position over weapons of mass destruction > (WMD) > > > by > > > > describing them as a "bureaucratic" excuse for war - has now gone > > > further > > > > by claiming the real motive was that Iraq is "swimming" in oil. > > > > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,970335,00.html > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
