“Washington is reacting to Pyongyang’s weapons program with quiet diplomacy. A national-security analyst asks why the Bush administration can’t do the same with Iraq.”

Oil, my friend, oil. Black gold. Just laying there waiting to be pumped out. Right there for anyone to take. Billions upon billions upon billions of barrels.

And Daddy’s pride. He’s gone, Thatcher’s gone, and Saddam is still there. Galls ‘em (as it would me, for that matter).

But look no further than Halliburton-Cheney for the “decent reason”, to quote Rumsfeld, people should die.

Arf (Crusader Cur, didn't start life cynical, they teach you!)