It seems there's some controversy (name calling) in the Danish parliament over the lack of WMD found in Iraq.
Danish Official Resigns Amid WMD Outcry - By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press WriterCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - The Danish defense minister resigned Friday as parliament members questioned whether the military exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein to justify the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
Svend Aage Jensby stepped down just days after the prime minister reiterated that Denmark would not pull its troops out of Iraq despite continuing violence and a failure to find Saddam's alleged weapons of mass destruction.
Jensby said he was tired of a "smear campaign" by opponents of the Iraq war.
I'm getting pretty sick of the lack of WMD being used as an excuse to trash America, our allies, and our decision to go into Iraq. On the other hand, the lack of planning by the US Department of Defense about the rebuilding of Iraq after the war is worthy of scorn.
Saddam and his gangster buddies managed to destroy almost all infrastructure in Iraq. They turned Iraq into one of the most brutal regimes in the twentieth century, and the whole damn country was being taken back to the dark ages. All this should have been taken into consideration when planning (was there any planning?) for the rebuilding of Iraq after the war.
It's time to completely crush and destroy the terrorists, no matter what faction they belong to, and get down to the task of rebuilding Iraq.
As for the notion of letting the UN take control, give me a break. If the UN took control in no time at all most of the UN people in charge would once again be taking huge bribes to accomplish nothing. That's what the UN seems best at doing - accomplishing nothing.
It now seems Shell is in big trouble. Apparently, they can't figure out how much reserves they have so they lie about it. Or they do know and then they lie about it. From iafrica.com comes the following article.
US prosecutors probes Shell scandalUS federal prosecutors are taking an active role in investigations into how Royal Dutch/Shell over-stated its estimates for energy reserves, a report said on Thursday.
The US Department of Justice in New York had asked that lawyers acting for Shell not publish a damning report into what went wrong, lest it compromise their own investigations, the Financial Times said.
The Manhattan branch of the Department of Justice had been "influential" in making sure the report into Shell's massive downgrading of reserves was not released in full, the paper said, citing unnamed sources "close to the investigation".
The Department of Justice would not comment, but the London-based newspaper quoted a former US legal official as saying the action would likely have been taken to ensure potential witnesses did not have their testimony influenced.
Federal prosecutors had already been monitoring the case, but recently took a more active role, the report added.
Shell's reputation has taken a battering in recent months as the massive reductions in stated reserves have been compounded by damning evidence that senior company executives tried to cover up the situation.
The group published internal memos and emails on Tuesday showing that executives were aware Shell was overstating the size of its recoverable energy reserves long before it told investors in January.
"I am becoming sick and tired about lying about the extent of our reserves issues and the downward revisions that need to be done because of far too aggressive/optimistic bookings," former head of exploration and production, Walter van de Vijver, wrote in an email.