David Corn: 'Bashing Joe Wilson'

[mandyky]

The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=1558


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The Senate intelligence committee's report on prewar intelligence demonstrates that George W. Bush launched a war predicated on false assertions about weapons of mass destruction and misled the country when he claimed Saddam Hussein was in cahoots in al Qaeda. But what has caused outrage within conservative quarters? Passages in the report that they claim undermine the credibility of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.

Wilson, if you need to be reminded, embarrassed the Bush administration a year ago when he revealed that he had traveled to Niger in February 2002 to check out the allegation that Hussein had been shopping for uranium there. In his 2003 State of the Union address, Bush had referred to Iraq's supposed attempt to obtain uranium in Africa to suggest Hussein was close to possessing a nuclear weapon. When Bush's use of this allegation become a matter of controversy last summer, Wilson went public with a New York Times op-ed piece in which he noted his private mission to Niger--which he had taken on behalf of the CIA--had led him to conclude the allegation was highly unlikely. After Wilson's article appeared, the White House conceded that Bush should not have included this charge in his speech.

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[H2O Man]

1. Great article!

I wish that you would add it to the Plame Indictment Thread #9. It is an important part of an on-going discussion of this issue. We are looking for more DUers who are willing to write a letter in support of Wilson.

[mandyky]

2. Can you start a new thread for the Plame thing?

The current one has 226 posts, and I'm afraid noone would see this article. LOL I'll post if you start the new thread.

[H2O Man]

3. I will ask Pallas180

who is in charge of the putting up of new threads. Would you mind if we use your post as the "heading" of a new thread? I agree that it would not be seen as well at the bottom of a long thread. It's pretty important for people to see.

[mandyky]

4. sure use it !

we gotta get the word out - they are trying to crucify Wilson, AGAIN!

[H2O Man]

5. Thank you!

I hope that we could interest you in joining our letter-writing campaign on this issue.