quarta-feira, junho 04, 2003
A (eterna) Questão do Petróleo (parte II)
Parece que eu e o Glenn Reynolds do Instapundit estamos no mesmo comprimento de onde (modéstia às favas).
O Instapundit encontrou a transcrição da entrevista que eu tinha referido e, como sempre, as afirmações foram retiradas do contexto:
"The United States hopes to end the nuclear standoff with North Korea by putting economic pressure on the impoverished nation, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Saturday. North Korea would respond to economic pressure, unlike Iraq, where military action was necessary because the country's oil money was propping up the regime, Wolfowitz told delegates at the second annual Asia Security Conference in Singapore."
"The country is teetering on the edge of economic collapse," Wolfowitz said. "That I believe is a major point of leverage." "The primary difference between North Korea and Iraq is that we had virtually no economic options in Iraq because the country floats on a sea of oil," he said. Wolfowitz did not elaborate on how Washington intends to put economic pressure on North Korea, but said other countries in the region helping it should send a message that "they're not going to continue doing that if North Korea continues down the road it's on."
Ou seja o que Wolfowitz disse foi que os recursos petroliferos do Iraque tornavam ineficazes as sanções económicas. Contrariamente a Coreia do Norte, que atravessa uma crise económica bastante grave, será bem mais sensivel a estes argumentos.
Como disse o Valete Fratres! "Fico à espera de ver o desmentido nos media". Se calhar é melhor sentar-me...
posted by Miguel Noronha 8:51 da tarde
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