I actually believe that Wolfowitz was correctly misquoted. They wrote what he thought not what he supposedly said.
Bill On Sat, 07 Jun 2003 06:00:42 -0400 "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > William B Ward wrote: > > FWers, > > > > I guess heads will have to roll at the Guardian now. > > Not concerning the Guradian, but concerning > Wolf... This doesn't have any relevance to some of > his earlier remarks in a Vanity Fair interview, > or does it, where Wolf... explained why we > went to war with Iraq, e.g.: > > > "The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do > > with the U.S. government bureaucracy we settled on > > the one issue that everyone could agree on which was > > weapons of mass destruction as the core reason...." > > (Paul Wolfowitz, "Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz > > Interview with Sam Tannenhaus, Vanity Fair", > > DoD News Transcript, 09May03) > > NYT OpEd Writer Maureen DOwd saud (04Jun03): > > > For the first time in history, America is > > searching for the reason we went to war > > after the war is over. > > Any thoughts and/or clarifications? > > Good morning! > > \brad mccormick > > > > > > Bkill > > > > UK Guardian: Corrections and Clarifications > > > > Thursday 05 June 2003 > > > > A report which was posted on our website on June 4 > > under the heading "Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil" > > misconstrued remarks made by the US deputy defence > > secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, making it appear that he > > had said that oil was the main reason for going to > > war in Iraq. He did not say that. He said, according > > to the Department of Defence website, "The ... difference > > 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 sense was clearly that the US > > had no economic options by means of which to > > achieve its objectives, not that the economic value of > > the oil motivated the war. The report appeared only on > > the website and has now been removed. > > > > > ==^================================================================ > > This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: > http://topica.com/u/?a84CFv.a9J4jv.d2J3YXJk > > Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > > http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html > > > ==^================================================================ > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > > -- > Let your light so shine before men, > that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
