Rove denies Bush admin said oil would help pay for war

[unhappycamper]

Rove denies Bush admin said oil would help pay for war
By David Edwards and Gavin Dahl
Sunday, March 14th, 2010 -- 2:39 pm

NBC was the latest stop on Karl Rove's book tour for 'Courage and Consequence.' Revising history has been his main focus recently, and this morning's interview with Tom Brokaw focused on Iraqi oil revenues.

Addressing a Congressional panel, former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz claimed that Iraqi oil revenues would help pay for reconstruction of the country. Sunday, Karl Rove denied the Bush administration ever made that claim.

"(T)he suggestion that somehow or another the administration had as its policy, 'We're going to go in to Iraq and take their resources and pay for the war' is not accurate," Rove told NBC's Tom Brokaw.

Wolfowitz's statement at the time, according to Think Progress was, “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."

Before the March 2003 launch of the Iraq invasion, 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.”


Rest of article at: http://rawstory.com/2010/03/rove-denies-bush-oil-pay-war/



unhappycamper comment: Too bad KKKarl can't somehow morph the tape of Wolfowitz's statement. I guess these people think we're too damn stupid to pay attention.

[sakabatou]

1. Rove can't spin himself out of this

[Hubert Flottz]

2. Still "Creating His Own Reality"

It used to be called lying.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. So Brokaw pointed out the truth, right?

Brokaw immediately showed the Wolfowitz tape?

right?

Right?

[Champion Jack]

8. yeah,.......right

[SpiralHawk]

9. Brokaw (R) is among The Greatest Spinsters

So of course he remained on bent-knee and nodded dumbly.

[piratefish08]

14. Brokaw's Revisionist History - Not only allowing but assisting history to be re-written

Asking a leading question and not calling out a blatant lie in the response.

Fuck you Brokaw. I hope you retire in shame one day.

[Dystopian]

4. KandR. Once a liar, always a liar.

People are not too damn stupid to pay attention.
A lifetime of lies is always exposed....eventually.

peace~

[thecrow]

5. As I said in the video thread of this

I suggest we all send him clips or youtube links!
Rove would have been nailed to the lie so fast and hard.


Edit:
Here's a link to send Tom a clip or quote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10285339/



Video thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x442992#443149

Washingto Post link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52375-2005Mar20.html

The clip showed Wolfowitz telling a congressional panel, "It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself," and "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." The show's host, Jon Stewart, hooted, " that one up, too!"

[joanski0]

6. I remember Rumsfeld at a Senate Hearing

saying that Iraq's oil would pay for the war. Liars, all!!

[Mari333]

13. I remember that well

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Thank you!!!

As I read the post,I thought I had remembered Rumsfield say that too.
but Brokaw did not mention it. ( surprise, surprise, surprise).

[Cetacea]

7. I just caught him on Charlie Rose

Being his usual smug self.

[corpseratemedia]

10. I clearly remember that.

And so do millions.

[Orsino]

11. Therefore, they did. n/t

[progressoid]

12. Sadly, most Americans ARE too damn stupid.

Remember that most think Iraq/Sadam was involved in 9/11.

[marmar]

15. When Lies Become Reality....the Karl Rove Story

He needs some help.

[90-percent]

17. Another one

"We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators"

Hey, Karl, tell all of the World Dick Cheney never said that, either!

-90% Jimmy

:sarcasm:

[madokie]

18. Every one of these SOB's need to be in a jail cell

awaiting trial. Its a crying ass shame that this criminal cabal was allowed to do what they've done to the citizens of Iraq and their country. so sad but that really doesn't cover it.

[Echo In Light]

19. +1

[Blue Owl]

20. I'm going to watch Colbert's re-run from last week

When he jabs that steak knife into the Rove-like head of canned ham.