Greenspan delivers

The Left have latched onto Alan Greenspan saying Iraq is all about oil however he didn’t actually say that. He just said it was a part of the mix. From the Washington Post

Greenspan, who was the country’s top voice on monetary policy at the time Bush decided to go to war in Iraq, has refrained from extensive public comment on it until now, but he made the striking comment in a new memoir out today that “the Iraq War is largely about oil.” In the interview, he clarified that sentence in his 531-page book, saying that while securing global oil supplies was “not the administration’s motive,” he had presented the White House with the case for why removing Hussein was important for the global economy. “I was not saying that that’s the administration’s motive,” Greenspan said in an interview Saturday, “I’m just saying that if somebody asked me, ‘Are we fortunate in taking out Saddam?’ I would say it was essential.”

Uh uh…the Left have gone from a loud roar to a muted mutter and then this;

JOHN Howard gets a big tick, as does Bob Hawke. Peter Costello is up there too, bracketed with Ian Macfarlane as “unusually perceptive on global issues”. But when former US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan discusses the remarkable transformation of the Australian economy since the mid-1980s, there are no accolades for Paul Keating. Not a single one.

I’m prepared to give Keating some credit for Australia’s economy but as he is the politician who defines hubris in Australia I’m happy that he doesn’t rate a mention with Greenspan. I trust he’s fuming and hope he has some comment in the media about it all. Every mention of Keating in the media helps the Coalition cause and this;

“Prime Minister John Howard impressed me with his deep interest in the role of technology in American productivity growth. “Whereas most heads of government steer clear of such detail, he (Mr Howard) sought me out on numerous visits to the US between 1997 and 2005. “He needed no prodding from me on monetary policy.”

Keating must be beside himself with rage……brings a smile to my lips just thinking about it! Loud applause and ‘told you so……..muted muttering……the sounds of silence. That’ll be the last time the left quote Greenspan