Naked neo-cons: Perjury and the Big, Bad Wolfowitz (by Greg Palast)

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by Greg Palast
Thursday, May 17, 2007


Even George Bush couldn’t save Paul Wolfowitz’ job as President of the World Bank after the vulpine neo-con was caught slipping a load of World Bank loot to his love interest, Shaha Ali Riza.

Big deal. Yes, Wolfowitz shouldn’t have been greasing his cookie sheet with government funds, but there were bigger reasons to toss The Wolf out the door.

Like, say, perjury and homicide? I haven’t forgotten, Mr. Wolfowitz, that on March 27, 2003 you testified before the US Congress that the occupation of Iraq wouldn’t cost the American taxpayer a penny.

You said, “There’s a lot of money to pay for this that doesn’t have to be U.S. taxpayer money.” Oh, really?

When Wolfowitz laid down that line of jive, he and the Bushes knew that Americans just can’t pass up a bargain, and here The Wolf was offering the sale of the century, a “free Iraq.” Not “free” as in “self-governing” but “free” as in, we’ll get their oil and their allegiance for nothing!

We can bomb Iraq and the Iraqis will pay for the bombs!

And where will the Iraqis, holding nothing but bushel-bags of Saddam dinars, get these billions of US dollars to pay for the Occupation?

Wolfowitz testified, “The oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the next two or three years.”

Is that so?

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Well, you can say that one man’s sales pitch is another man’s perjury. If Wolfowitz had knowingly concealed the Caruso team’s findings while testifying under oath, then The Wolf is guilty of a felony. Moreover, perjury which leads to death is homicide.

But he’s off the hook. I checked the record. Ever since his crony Abrams was charged with perjury, Wolfowitz won’t testify under oath. Nor will any of the Bushies.

Wolfowitz did not raise his hand and swear to “tell the whole truth, so help me, God.” The Wolf’s home free. How the Lord will judge this loophole, I can’t say.

So, no perjury charge for Wolfowitz. Of course there’s another crime. His getting caught icing his cupcake, Ms. Riza, with World Bank funds, forces millions of innocent morning newspaper readers to suffer visions of these two neo-cons naked and nasty. Urgh! .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.gregpalast.com/naked-neo-cons-perjury-and-the-big-bad-wolfowitz/