Guardian retracts Wolfowitz article
Well, boys and girls, it's time for me to look stupid (again). The Guardian has issued the following statement, and taken down the article in question. Sincere apologies, the article was taken in good faith and I was unaware that Wolfowitz's words had been twisted:
Paul Wolfowitz
A report which was posted on our website on June 4 under the heading "Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil" misconstrued remarks made by the US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, making it appear that he had said that oil was the main reason for going to war in Iraq. He did not say that. He said, "The most important difference between North Korea and Iraq is that economically we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on a sea of oil." The sense was that the US had no economic options by means of which to achieve its objectives, not that the economic value of the oil motivated the war. The report appeared only on the website and has now been removed.
I don't think what he says is true by the way, but that's another argument.
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