Architech Of 'WMD' Spin Now Says War Wouldn't Have Happened, If Only----------!!! {Say What Wolfie?}

Wolfowitz Says Iraq War Might Not Have Occurred if United States Knew Hussein Had No WMD








Former U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq might not have occurred if the United States had known there were no weapons of mass destruction in the country, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN
, Dec. 5).



“I'm not sure based on the evidence we know now that we could have been absolutely convinced that there was no danger, absolutely no danger,” Wolfowitz, a chief promoter of the invasion who is now president of the World Bank, said at the National Press Club. “If somebody could have given you a Lloyd’s of London guarantee that weapons of mass destruction would not possibly be used, one would have contemplated much more support for internal Iraqi opposition and not having the United States take the job on the way we did.”



“It was a sense that the greatest danger in taking this man on would be that he would use them,” said Wolfowitz of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. “If you could have given us a guarantee that they wouldn't have been used, there would have been policy options available probably.”



When asked how he accounted for U.S. intelligence failures before the war, Wolfowitz said, “Well, I don't have to, and it's not just because I don't work for the U.S. government anymore. In my old job, I didn't have to. I was like everyone else outside the intelligence community” (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News
, Dec. 7).



Meanwhile, the United States joined Algeria in calling for the U.N. Security Council to end U.N. weapons inspections in Iraq, the Associated Press reported (see GSN
, Dec. 6).



U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission inspectors were forced to leave the country before the March 2003 invasion. The agency since the war began has only reviewed satellite imagery to monitor equipment that could be used by the military.



“We believe that Iraq has entered a new era and should be treated as a normal country where disarmament conventions should apply,” said Abdallah Baali, Algeria’s U.N. ambassador. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton and other delegates supported Baali’s statement, AP reported.



The Security Council agreed to address the matter early next year, said British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry (Associated Press/Khaleej Times
), Dec. 7).



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The Real Spirit Of The Season







"I think it's more important to put Christ back into our war planning than into our Christmas cards."


— Rev. Bob Edgar, a former Democratic congressman, in response to right-wingers who are angry that the presidential greeting card (pictured above) doesn't mention Christmas.