OS357 9888947 regarding 9887979, 9884843 9884457, 9884311, 9879281You know what's amusing, Notfooled? You cite one of the typically slanted main stream media reports from back before the election...in this case one from liberal mouthpiece, TIME, that put's Joe Wilson out front on this issue, claiming to have totally "debunked" the claim that Iraq was in Niger trying to buy yellowcake. The only problem with what you've cited is that Wilson was later forced to admit that he lied about what he found in Niger.
As you can see from a year later...as the facts come out...Wilson's story is viewed in a WHOLE different light!
Whoops mdash Iraq was trying to buy uranium in Niger.
All you've done is give a PERFECT example of how the liberal media took Wilson's story and ran with it right before the election...when both Wilson and his wife were in fact proven to be liars once all the facts came out.
Chris Hitchens tied his support for all the killing getting underway in Iraq to this from the Washington Post:
Plame's Input Is Cited on Niger MissionReport Disputes Wilson's Claims on Trip, Wife's Role
By Susan SchmidtWashington Post Staff Writer Saturday, July 10, 2004; Page A09
Plame s Input Is Cited on Niger Mission washingtonpost.com
Wilson said that a former prime minister of Niger, Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, was unaware of any sales contract with Iraq, but said that in June 1999 a businessman approached him, insisting that he meet with an Iraqi delegation to discuss "expanding commercial relations" between Niger and Iraq -- which Mayaki interpreted to mean they wanted to discuss yellowcake sales. A report CIA officials drafted after debriefing Wilson said that "although the meeting took place, Mayaki let the matter drop due to UN sanctions on Iraq."
Wilson didn't admit that he lied about what he found out in Niger. He made a mistake about when he read the forged documents. That happens. There has been no evidence produced or made public that Iraq actually attempted to purchase yellowcake uranium from Niger or anywhere else. What you are calling evidence appears to be that some guy Mayaki 'interpreted' something to mean that the Iraqis were pursuing yellowcake. You got no evidence Oldstyle. Snap out of your dream and join the real world once again. The Washington Post was a shill and propaganda mouthpiece for Bush and Cheney and the damned fool decision to invade Iraq in March 2003 where that invading army was going to be treated as liberators. I am not impressed by their journalistic ability since that fiasco led to 4584 US military being killed in Iraq. And now you want to claim that some guy named Mayaki somehow justified those deaths?
Gee, Notfooled...Niger's exports consist of the following: "Exports - commodities: uranium ore 65%, livestock products, cowpeas, onions (1998 est.)" Wikipedia Economy of Niger.
So what do YOU think Iraq was in Niger trying to buy...cowpeas?
You tell me to "join the real world"? The person who's living in fantasy land is you if you think that representatives from Iraq were in Niger looking for anything OTHER than uranium! Anyone with even a dollop of common sense would know that because uranium is about all that Niger has that's of ANY value!!! Duh?
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