Former U.N. envoy Bolton says U.S. has 'no strategic interest' in united Iraq

[kpete]

French report: Former U.N. envoy Bolton says U.S. has 'no strategic interest' in united Iraq
The Associated PressPublished: January 29, 2007

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Bolton, who resigned last month from his temporary appointment as U.N. ambassador, also told the French daily Le Monde that U.S. President George W. Bush's administration acted too slowly to hand power over to Iraqis after toppling Saddam Hussein in 2003.

"We did a disservice to Iraqis by depriving them of political leaders," Bolton was quoted as saying, adding that the Coalition Provisional Authority that initially ran Iraq allowed terrorists to regroup. Bolton was speaking in English, and the interview was published in French. An English-language copy of the interview was not available.

Bolton suggested in the interview that the United States shouldn't necessarily keep Iraq from splitting up. The Bush administration and the Iraqi government have said they don't want Iraq divided.

"The United States has no strategic interest in the fact that there's one Iraq, or three Iraqs," he was quoted as saying. "We have a strategic interest in the fact of ensuring that what emerges is not a state in complete collapse, which could become a refuge for terrorists or a terrorist state."

more at:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/29/europe/EU-GEN-France-US-Iraq.php

[Hand]

1. Message to Bolton:

[leveymg]

2. While I'm in 100% agreement with the sentiment, Bolton actually told the truth there.

He's right - three warring sectarian sub-states are more easily exploited by the oil multinationals than one Iranian-dominated regime in Baghdad.

Who does the Bush Administration work for, anyway?

[Unperson]

3. The goal is endless war. n/t