From the Toronto Star: These ideas aren't new. For years, a small and powerful group, with corporate and political links, pushed the idea of controlling Persian Gulf oil. They did it publicly, at think-tanks and in the media. Now, this coterie of like-minded strategists controls both the Pentagon and the strategic aims of President George W. Bush's White House. "You've got a team in the White House that is unafraid of world public opinion because they know it is unreliable, self-serving and hypocritical,'' says George Friedman, chair of the intelligence organization, Stratfor. ------------------------------------------------- And, the U.S., as Friedman points out, on the brink of world hegemony, is going to find out who its friends are. "I do so enjoy Canadians (against the war) getting so obsessed with human rights, and then pay no attention to places like Venezuela,'' says Friedman, who thinks Venezuela's Hugo Chavez is next on Bush's military agenda. "I read the Canadian press and I wonder what planet your country is on. "We have allies, and we are going to see who they are,'' he concludes. "If France, if Canada, can't support us in opposition to Saddam Hussein, you can't say you are our allies. Canada consistently says it's an ally of the United States of America ... we'll see, won't we?'' WTF?
I fixed this to something I can totally agree with. Any world leader who professes his deepest concern for the welfare and democratic asperations of the Iraqi people is full of crap, all of them on any side. The White House team is 100% correct calling out the unreliable, self-serving and hypocritical, except they forget to look in the mirror.