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Title: Rove Falsely Claims Bush Administration Never Said Iraqi Oil Revenue Would Help Pay For War
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thinkprogress.org
URL Source: http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/14/rove-iraq-oil/
Published: Mar 15, 2010
Author: staff
Post Date: 2010-03-15 13:10:50 by Ferret
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In his new book and in recent media appearances promoting it, former top Bush aide Karl Rove has been revising the history of the Iraq war, particularly regarding the issue of Saddam Hussien’s alleged weapons of mass destruction. Today on NBC’s Meet the Press, Rove continued with his Iraq war history revision campaign. Noting that the Bush administration had mishandled the management of the war, host Tom Brokaw mentioned that “the cost of the war skyrocketed almost from the beginning. There was not a sharing of the oil revenue that a lot of people had promised.” But Rove flatly denied that the Bush administration said Iraqi oil revenues would help pay for the war: Watch it: -- Rove’s claim is simply not true. In fact, days after the U.S. invasion, then-Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told a congressional panel that Iraqi oil revenues would help pay for reconstructing the country, i.e. a cost of the war. “The oil revenue of that country could bring between 50 and 100 billion dollars over the course of the next two or three years. We’re dealing with a country that could really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon,” he said. One month before the war, then-White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Iraq “is a rather wealthy country. … And so there are a variety of means that Iraq has to be able to shoulder much of the burden for their own reconstruction.” Since the start of the Iraq war, the U.S. has spent tens of billions of dollars in reconstruction costs.
ROVE: No, no. Tom with all due respect that was not the policy of our government that we were going to go into Iraq and take their resources in order to pay for the cost of the war. … [T]he suggestion that somehow or another the administration had as its policy, “We’re going to go in to Iraq and take their resource and pay for the war” is not accurate.
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#1. To: Ferret. all (#0)
TurdBlossom's been a lying pos since the day he was born.
Turd Blossom should be duly executed, or impaled til death becomes him, after a speedy trial, of course.
The Chimp gave him that nickname. Even he realized Rove's origin as fecal matter. I think only GW can see the blossom. The rest of us just smell the $h!t emanating from him.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
Guilty.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
The other interesting thing is that Rove is apparently a queer. There was a minor scandal after Shrub took office about Rove hanging out at upscale trolling bars. Given that there has been innuendo, and indications, that Shrub swings both ways then one is given pause to think why he might have given Rove that nickname?
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Can you say Jeff Gannon? 'nuff said.
Would that be "Military Studs" Jeff Gannon? The one who "overnighted" frequently at the White House Jeff Gannon? The "Talon News Service" fake reporter Jeff Gannon? Well, I am just shocked. Not.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
Take the 20-question "Not-so-trivial-quiz" to see if you can identify the all-Jew crew in government and Zionist Think Tanks which instigated America's attack on Iraq; www.scoop.co.nz/ Search: "Who's to blame for the Iraq war by Maidhe Cathail
This Jeff Gannon? Hmmmmmmmmmm? Coouuld be.
"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator
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#4. To: Lysander_Spooner (#2)
#5. To: Sam Houston (#3)
The Chimp gave him that nickname. Even he realized Rove's origin as fecal matter. I think only GW can see the blossom. The rest of us just smell the $h!t emanating from him.
#6. To: Original_Intent, all (#5)
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#9. To: Original_Intent (#7)
The only real restraint on gummints is people who say "live free or die" ... and mean it. - Enderby
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