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Great work, Fedora! I am most impressed by Joe Wilson's great geostrategic insight, as he thinks that the only reason the US would want to end Saddam's regime was to "make Sharon's life easier" -- guess that means when all those Clintonistas and Congress-critters in 1998 supported a policy of "regime change" in Iraq they were aiming to "make Sharon's life easier"...... whoops, Sharon wasn't in office and at that time it appeared that he never would be in office again!! Guess Joe Wilson isn't so smart after all.....

In response to the question about the geopolitical agenda behind the Iraq war, Wilson replies, "On the other ones, the geopolitical situation, I think there are a number of issues at play; there's a number of competing agendas. One is the remaking of the map of the Middle East for Israeli security, and my fear is that when it becomes increasingly apparent that this was all done to make Sharon's life easier and that American soldiers are dying in order to enable Sharon to impose his terms upon the Palestinians that people will wonder why it is American boys and girls are dying for Israel and that will undercut a strategic relationship and a moral obligation that we've had towards Israel for 55 years. I think it's a terribly flawed strategy."

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Guess Joe Wilson isn't so smart after all.....

LOL! To get the full Joseph Wilson Experience, you really have to listen to the audio. "Pompous" was the nicest word that came to mind as I sat listening to it.

BTW one thing I included was Wilson's reference to the gold market in Iraq, which is one of his areas of business interest, it's worth noting.