THEN AGAIN,

Some people still within the administration itself do run their mouths from time to time and blurt out an unfortunate truth (via kos):

Oil was the main reason for military action against Iraq, a leading White House hawk has claimed, confirming the worst fears of those opposed to the US-led war.

The US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz - who has already undermined Tony Blair's position over weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by describing them as a "bureaucratic" excuse for war - has now gone further by claiming the real motive was that Iraq is "swimming" in oil.

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Asked why a nuclear power such as North Korea was being treated differently from Iraq, where hardly any weapons of mass destruction had been found, the deputy defence minister said: "Let's look at it simply. The most important difference between North Korea and Iraq is that economically, we just had no choice in Iraq. The country swims on a sea of oil."

Wow, not only does he let that slip, but he does so in such an eloquent and poetic fashion. Three cheers for Wolfy! Certainly it's more eloquent than his "fuck you" to Al Franken at the correspondents' dinner, hehehe.

Kos thinks his ass is on the administration's platter for this one. This is definitely possible, as former Treasury Sec Paul O'Neill received a similar fate for running his mouth.