Rove Falsely Claims Bush Administration Never Said Iraqi Oil Revenue Would Help Pay For War

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/14/rove-iraq-oil/

In his new book and in recent media appearances promoting it, former top Bush aide Karl Rove has been revising the history of the Iraq war, particularly regarding the issue of Saddam Hussien’s alleged weapons of mass destruction.

Today on NBC’s Meet the Press, Rove continued with his Iraq war history revision campaign. Noting that the Bush administration had mishandled the management of the war, host Tom Brokaw mentioned that “the cost of the war skyrocketed almost from the beginning. There was not a sharing of the oil revenue that a lot of people had promised.” But Rove flatly denied that the Bush administration said Iraqi oil revenues would help pay for the war:

ROVE: No, no. Tom with all due respect that was not the policy of our government that we were going to go into Iraq and take their resources in order to pay for the cost of the war. … he suggestion that somehow or another the administration had as its policy, “We’re going to go in to Iraq and take their resource and pay for the war” is not accurate.

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Rove’s claim is simply not true. In fact, days after the U.S. invasion, then-Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz told a congressional panel that Iraqi oil revenues would help pay for reconstructing the country, i.e. a cost of the war. “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,” he said.

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video at the link.

So, they never intended to reconstruct Iraq? Quelle surprise! No exit strategy because there was never going to be an exit. 50 fraud cases being investigated with Iraq reconstruction monies? Playing football with bricks of money? Freedomdemocracy is messy. /sarcasm off.

Stop the effing wars of choice and pay for healthcare. Now.

See, that's why I never watch these frigging shows. They're nothing more than a platform for douchebags like Rove to spout their lies because nobody ever calls them on it. And they've figured this out and are taking maximum advantage of it.

They can go on one of these shows, say whatever they want, and just like that, it almost becomes fact because the statements are never questioned or debunked by the "pundit" who hosts the show.

It's no wonder the American press is a joke in the rest of the world.

:sarcasm:

Rove has ignored congressional subpoenas with no consequences.

He lies about anything and everything, and gets plenty of face time on corporate propaganda TeeVee.

Frog march this piece of shit NOW! :mad:

is a lying liar.