Tough guys ... or maybe not!

Osama Bin Laden demands that the United States get the hell out of Saudia Arabia. But we're not going to march to his tune, are we?

From The Independent:

WMD just a convenient excuse for war, admits Wolfowitz

The extraordinary admission, which is bound to stir the controversy in Washington and London about the murky motivations for war, comes in an interview with Paul Wolfowitz, the Deputy Defence Secretary, in the July issue of the magazine Vanity Fair.

Mr Wolfowitz also discloses that there was one justification that was "almost unnoticed but huge". That was the prospect of the United States being able to withdraw all of its forces from Saudi Arabia once the threat of Saddam had been removed. Since the taking of Baghdad, Washington has said that it is taking its troops out of the kingdom.

"Just lifting that burden from the Saudis is itself going to the door" towards making progress elsewhere in achieving Middle East peace, Mr Wolfowitz argued. The presence of the US military in Saudi Arabia has been one of the main grievances of al-Qa'ida and other terrorist groups.

So Bush did exactly what Osama wanted. Congratulations, George!

AFTERTHOUGHT: Not that it really matters much, but did Bush know WMD's were an excuse, or was he fooled by his advisors?

posted by Quiddity at 5/29/2003 09:05:00 PM