Russert is grilling Wolfowitz

[IDUDOYOU]

and Wolfowitz is fighting semantics.

"There is not much of a difference between 200,000 and 150,000 troops."
Might have got the numnbers switched, but that was a quote from Paulie.

Many countries do not even have 50,000 troops.
50,000 makes a big difference.

[IDUDOYOU]

1. Wolfowitz is so full of crap

He tired to avoid answering the question why there was such an urgency to go to war as much as possible.

[IDUDOYOU]

2. Wolfowitz just mentioned

that Saddam spent the Iraqi people's money on things like tanks and military expenditures when he should have spent it on the people.

And how is that different than the US?

[kayell]

9. The repukes have killed irony

The amazing thing is how few people put this situation together in their minds.

[angka]

10. and who the fuck are we

to complain about where he spent his money when we killed more civilians with sanctions than saddam ever did (we're talking a million versus three hundred thousand or so). we plugged up their economy for a decade, then use the result economic trouble as further evidence against saddam.

it's like a cop beating you up, and then beating you more when you try to cover your face because it looked like you were fighting back.

[berner59]

3. blame it on Clinton again....

AND he keeps bringing up the torture of children...when was that the reason for going to war?? He keeps forgetting the WMD dire threat!! AND 9/11 9/11 9/11...why do they keep saying we're forgetting?? We'll NEVER forget but we also know Iraq wasn't behind it!!!

idiot...

[LizW]

6. When these guys blame Clinton

why does no one ever whip out the Jan., 1998 PNAC letter SIGNED BY WOLFOWITZ, urging Clinton to go after Iraq? Maybe, just maybe, Clinton believed in WMD in Iraq because this same crew of chickenhawks was pushing the agenda then as now.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. Maybe more to the point.....

BC had the same intelligence as the current admin. and STILL did not go to war. I think this speaks volumes about intel "interpretations" and self-serving agendas.

[julka]

8. * had the same intel in 2001 and didn't go then

WHY? was he shirking for TWO YEARS?

is THAT why we had 911, cause he didn't invade BEFORE?

BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

right?

[never cry wolf]

4. arghhh....

why the hell isn't mainstream television available streaming over the net. i am stuck at work with my 6" screen complete with rabbit ears. please keep up the play by play!!!

[IDUDOYOU]

5. Wolfowitz stumbled and mumbled his way through MTP

Tried to avoid the Liberia question.

Another question I have, "Why was the UN irrelevant when it came to Iraq but relevant when it comes to Liberia?"