"...Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has introduced a new rationale for the invasion of Iraq, high gas prices..."
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"[Donald Rumsfeld, lounging in his armchair, taking a drag from his cigarette then taking care to pick a bit of tobacco from his tongue] The fact of the matter is - if Saddam Hussein were still in power in Iraq, he would be rolling in petrol dollars. Think of the price of oil today. He would have so much money! He would spread it all out on the floor and roll around in it. Like a pig in shit! And he would be seeing the Iranians interested in a nuclear program, he would be seeing the North Koreans developing a nuclear program, and he’d say well why shouldn’t he - and he would. So we’re fortunate that he’s gone. Because now we get sloppy seconds rolling around in his pile of shit. Like pigs! You know... [drag on cigarette]"
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I saw your crying fit on TV the other day. I know exactly why you were crying. I know you're sorry about it all. But that doesn't change the figure at the bottom of the reckoning...
...You pencilled that figure in...
