Wolfowitz won't discuss critical British memos

[UpInArms]

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11951005.htm

(KRT) - WASHINGTON - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, a prime architect of the Iraq war during his service as Deputy Defense Secretary, said Tuesday that he hasn't read any of the recently disclosed British government memos that call into question his role and that of other senior administration officials in the run-up to war during 2002.

At a breakfast meeting with reporters, Wolfowitz said he hasn't read the memos because he doesn't want to be distracted by history from his new job as head of the world's leading development bank. He returned this weekend from a tour of four African nations.

"There's a lot I could say about what you're asking about, if I were willing to get distracted from the main subject," Wolfowitz said. "But I really think there's a price paid with the people I've just spent time with, people who are struggling with very real problems, to keep going back in history.

"There will be a time and place to talk about history," he added, "but I really don't believe it's now."

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[donco6]

1. "old news" meme we're hearing.

He's been briefed.

[NVMojo]

2. um, yeah, it's like an impeachment hearing! Maybe even a grand jury!!!

See you there, Wolfie!

[Raster]

3. and let's not forget a war crimes tribunal at The Hague!!!

[LynnTheDem]

4. Can't have all the rotting corpses he's caused distracting him.

Hey Wolfie, why isn't IMF setting up an office in "cakewalk" Iraq?

Oh yes that's right...because Iraq is
TOO UNSTABLE

[billyoc]

5. For once I agree, wolfie.

There will be a time and a place to talk about this, and you won't have executive privelege to hide behind. Sleep well.

[Synnical]

6. Dracula is in charge of the blood bank

Lovely
:bounce: :sarcasm:

[oblivious]

7. I guess he wished this were history and people would just get over it.

illegal war...war crimes...crimes against humanity

I'm not even Iraqi and I'll never get over it. I won't forget.

[driver8]

8. He is so full of shit...

"He hasn't read the memos..."

Wolfie hasn't read the memos that could cause the fall of this administration; one that he plays a very large part in?

If you believe that, I've got some swamp land in Florida I would like to show you.

[tavalon]

24. Of course!

There isn't a single person in the * Junta who hasn't read every single one of them.

[dooner]

9. he said, as he licked his comb.... n/t

[CAG]

10. Kind of like taking the fifth, huh?

We should start calling for some Ken Clark-esque depositions on these liars so they can start taking the fifth or lying thru their teeth under oath. this time, it won't be about staining someones dress with you-know-what, but staining thousands of peoples clothing with blood

[daleo]

11. With luck he won't have to wait as long as Pinochet to "discuss" history

"There will be a time and place to talk about history," he added, "but I really don't believe it's now."

In this case, history really is "his story".

[Straight Shooter]

12. "Well, Officer, yeah, there's a dead body here, but that's history."

Imagine someone committing atrocious acts in their community and trying to get away with using Wolfshit's excuse. These people are absolutely unreal.

[AlwaysQuestion]

13. And he gets away with it!!

That's what I don't understand. Of course he's pleading the 5th, as DUers damn well know. Who, then, buys these kind of disdainful answers? He mocks us.

[Straight Shooter]

28. History is far from over, and he hasn't gotten away with it.

As long as there is one person who knows the truth (and there are millions who know the truth), none of them will truly "get away with it." It takes a long time to take down a tyrant and his minions, but eventually hubris always fails.

Great name, AlwaysQuestion! Welcome to DU :hi:

[karlrschneider]

14. He needs some time to suck on his comb...

......
:puke:

[magellan]

15. There's a time and a place to discuss the TRUTH, and it's NOW!! (nt)

[ngGale]

16. Sure would hate to distract any of the....

'fun bunch' - People who are struggling with 'real' problems. Like our concern for soldier's dying in a lie of a war, isn't a 'real' problem. History? I call it current events!
:wtf:

[ixion]

17. yeah, god forbid a neocon gets 'distracted' by history

which would stop them from repeating it. :-( :eyes:

[truthisfreedom]

18. "there's a time and a place, and that time is never & the place is nowhere

these creeps use the same MO for everything. "that's history"? paul THAT'S BULLSHIT. EVERYTHING'S HISTORY, SINCE THE PRESENT IS CONSTANTLY SLIPPING INTO THE PAST. it's a non-argument. it's just pure bull.

[leesa]

19. The talking point..."history". Why is this criminal not in jail?

[tanyev]

20. DISTRACTED BY HISTORY?

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

His line of thinking is obviously shared by everyone in the Bush administration.

[gulliver]

21. The comb-licker who made history. It really is history.

He and his ilk made the biggest mistake in history. Of course they don't want to dwell on it. Although it seems like Wolfowitz has a grandiose "I made history, didn't I, Ma?" take on his mistake.

[JawJaw]

22. OK then,

Using Wolfies logic, would somebody please tell the upper echelons of the Bush regime that 9-11 is "history"

[90-percent]

23. Ken Starr

If he got 80 million to persecute Clinton for legal activities, he should be give 80 BILLION to prosecute the entire population of the Executive Branch of the US government.

Is Gore an Attorney? Maybe he should be appointed special prosecuter?

-85%

[Cocoa]

25. Wolfowitz confirmed the memos earlier

""for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. government bureaucracy, we settled on one issue that everyone could agree on, which was weapons of mass destruction <…>.”

[Bassic]

26. There will be no impeachment

The DSM have successfully been dodged by the WH and MSM, imo.

[mod mom]

27. It's like taking the 5th. It will come out in the war crime tribunals! nt