[lbo-talk] Wolfowitz Speaks Plainly: Oil Was The Prime Motivation

[Seth Ackerman]

> > 1) He probably feels comfortable that this will receive no play in the
US,
> > or will be so watered down as to be meaningless. A damn good bet.
>
> A very good bet, even if it's not watered down. Indeed, given the present
> credulity of the public (if the polls are to be trusted), Wolfie could
come
> right out and announce, to the blare of trumpets, that we went in to grab
> the oil, fuck the Arabs, what are they gonna do, and most Americans would
> applaud all the way to the gas pump.

Am I the only one who thinks this is being unfair to Wolfowitz? The way I
read it, he's saying North Korea, having no oil, will collapse of its own
weight, whereas Saddam's regime could have lived off its oil forever, thus
necessitating an invasion.

Seth