Let's Revisit An Old Wolfowitz Interview On Iraq

[DrFunkenstein]

Interview with Mark Mazzetti, U.S. News and World Report, October 4, 2002

Wolfowitz: Well, first of all, just to frame this clearly, the risks of inaction are the continuing and growing danger that tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of Americans will die in some catastrophic attack with a biological weapon, or if we wait long enough, a nuclear weapon. So the risks of inaction are severe.

Anytime you send American troops into combat, you're running a serious risk of people dying for their country. And I don't believe you should send American troops to die, except in defense of the country, but that's one of the major risks. And the other major risk is that we know he has these weapons, and there is a danger at any point that he may use them in some terrible way.

One place where I believe that people seriously exaggerate the risks, either out of ignorance, or just repeating some of the same errors that we heard eleven years ago about how the Middle East would go up in flames if there was a war with Iraq, I believe, frankly, that the risks of dealing with a post-Saddam Iraq are not only exaggerated, but are largely misstated.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/WO0210/S00089.htm

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz consoles Andrew Buehring, 9, during a funeral ceremony for his father, Lt. Col. Charles Buehring in Arlington National Cemetery. Buehring was fatally injured during a rocket-propelled grenade attack on Al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad.

[ShaneGR]

1. At least he went to the funeral

It's sad that he helped to cause the funeral, but at least he had the guts to show his face. Can't say the same for the puppet Bush.

[rumguy]

2. the thing about wolfowitz is,

he's an idiot...