yeah, but the point here is that it's not the Pentagon's interpretation, it's a quote directly from the transcript of the actual statement. I'd like to know how this can be considered Pentagon spin?
Here be the link: http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/tr20030531-depsecdef0246.html <snip from questions and answers after his address> Q: What I meant is that essentially North Korea is being taken more seriously because it has become a nuclear power by its own admission, whether or not that's true, and that the lesson that people will have is that in the case of Iraq it became imperative to confront Iraq militarily because it had banned weapons systems and posed a danger to the region. In the case of North Korea, which has nuclear weapons as well as other banned weapons of mass destruction, apparently it is imperative not to confront, to persuade and to essentially maintain a regime that is just as appalling as the Iraqi regime in place, for the sake of the stability of the region. To other countries of the world this is a very mixed message to be sending out. Wolfowitz: The concern about implosion is not primarily at all a matter of the weapons that North Korea has, but a fear particularly by South Korea and also to some extent China of what the larger implications are for them of having 20 million people on their borders in a state of potential collapse and anarchy. It's is also a question of whether, if one wants to persuade the regime to change, whether you have to find -- and I think you do -- some kind of outcome that is acceptable to them. But that outcome has to be acceptable to us, and it has to include meeting our non-proliferation goals. Look, the primarily difference -- to put it a little too simply -- between North Korea and Iraq is that we had virtually no economic options with Iraq because the country floats on a sea of oil. In the case of North Korea, the country is teetering on the edge of economic collapse and that I believe is a major point of leverage whereas the military picture with North Korea is very different from that with Iraq. The problems in both cases have some similarities but the solutions have got to be tailored to the circumstances which are very different. </snip> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 11:56 AM Subject: Re: on the guardian story, fyi > hmm hmm interpretive reporting is the norm any more; the Pentagon is saying > the Guardian misinterpreted and the correct interpretation is something > else. > > Since, presumably, the Guardian editors are hearing from the source quoted > that this is not what was meant, there is little choice but to issue the > retraction. It still seems a valid interpretation to me, and I can't > believe that a major newspaper would not have looked at the transcript > before going to press. Personally I think they gave in to pressure and > bowed to the reinterpretation. This does not however mean that oil is not a > subtext in the conflict. Them bad Iraqis wont do what we say no how because > they got all that oil gosh darn it. Let's teach them boys not to mess with > Jed :) > > Dana > > William Bowen writes: > > > but the new quotes are from the actual transcript no spin needed, the spin > > was the Guardian's > > > > will > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 11:14 AM > > Subject: on the guardian story, fyi > > > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/corrections/story/0,3604,971436,00.html > > > > > > Answers the question of why Wolfowitz would say such a thing. I do smell > > > spin doctors though. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > But I don't make films > > > But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked Ladies > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
