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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed

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To: mishedlo who wrote (262735)10/4/2003 6:39:46 PM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
Blair gets an inquisition -- Bush skates (with pants on fire)

nytimes.com

>>The task force, which was based at the Pentagon as part of the planning for the war, produced a book-length report that described the Iraqi oil industry as so badly damaged by a decade of trade embargoes that its production capacity had fallen by more than 25 percent, panel members have said.

Despite those findings, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz told Congress during the war that "we are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon." <<

Maybe that "nut" Ure is right -- big secret was how little oil there really was over there -- different motives altogether for the attack??
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