This is my biggest pet peeve of Europeans. The burden of proof is on Die Welt and the Guardian to show what Wolfowitz said and the context in which he said it. Both newspapers have failed miserably, but nobody notices which is why I protest as loud as I do on the German threads that this is exactly how anti-US attitudes and hyprocrisy runs rampant in Europe.
The truth is, if you actually read what he said, that he was asked why North Korea is being treated differently than Iraq. THIS is the context of his answer, which is that over time North Korea gets weaker and weaker, whereas Iraq 'is floating on a sea of oil', therefore they have tons of wealth to survive on and exploit. I doubt that will satisfy Europeans but anyone who can read English and reads the actual quote will not be confused as to what was said.
He did not say the war was about oil and this is why these two newspapers are being ripped to shreds in blogland for being so careless with the truth.