Neo-conservatives under fire (AP)

   Submitted by Siriel Admin on 2003 May 31 - 10:15am 

   [Themes:  | Germany | Belgique/Belgium | Danemark/Denmark | Great Britain (UK) | USA | •Imperialism & Neocon. ]

Published Saturday, May 31, 2003

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) – European critics expressed shock Friday at a
senior U.S. official’s remarks playing down Iraq’s weapons as a
reason for waging the war. 

In an interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Deputy Defense Secretary
Paul Wolfowitz, the neo-conservative who campaigned perhaps longest
and hardest for a war in Iraq, said the public focus on Saddam
Hussein’s weaponry was partly a matter of political convenience (emphasis added).