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Joe Wilson: Clueless Liar--The Baghdad Bob of the American Left.
Slate | Frontpagemagazine ^
| April 19, 2006
| Christopher Hitchens
Posted on 04/19/2006 5:07:12 AM PDT by SJackson
Nobody appears to dispute what I wrote in last week's Slate to the effect that in February 1999, Saddam Hussein dispatched his former envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, and former delegate to non-proliferation conferences at the United Nations, to Niger. Wissam al-Zahawie was, at the time of his visit, the accredited ambassador of Iraq to the Vatican: a more senior post than it may sound, given that the Vatican was almost the only full European embassy that Iraq then possessed. And nobody has proposed an answer to my question: Given the fact that Niger is synonymous with uranium (and was Iraq's source of "yellowcake" in 1981), and given that Zahawie had been Iraq's main man in nuclear diplomacy, what innocent explanation can be found for his trip? The person whose response I most wanted is Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who has claimed to discover that Saddam was guiltless on the charge of seeking uranium from Niger, and has further claimed to be the object, along with his CIA wife, of a campaign of government persecution. On Keith Olbermann's show on April 10, Wilson was asked about my article and about Zahawie. He replied that Zahawie:
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 16words; bushlied; christopherhitchens; hitchens
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:07:14 AM PDT
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
I'm glad that Hitchens is staying on Liar Wilson's case. Good article.
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:18:06 AM PDT
by
speedy
To: SJackson
Yellow Cake? Of course the peaceful people of Iraq are not interested in weapons of massive destruction. That is a lie from the infidel Bush. Just ask your trustworthy Mr. Ambassador Wilson.
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:19:19 AM PDT
by
WideGlide
(That light at the end of the tunnel might be a muzzle flash.)
To: Fedora
To: Howlin
To: SJackson
To: SJackson
Chris Hitchens is a liberal, all right, but he lays it on the line about these Clintonista liars.
Clinton screwed up when he sicced Sidney Blumenthal on Hitchens and his wife to retail the "mad Monica" theory on the eve of the blue dress's turning up.
To: SJackson
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:29:14 AM PDT
by
OkiMusashi
(Beware the fury of a patient man. --- John Dryden)
To: speedy
Can you believe it? Clinton is now five years out of office, and we are still raking cat litter over his stink.
More and more lumps just keep turning up.
To: Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
To: OXENinFLA
LOLOLOL .. Love the headline
ok .. I'll read the rest of the article now
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posted on
04/19/2006 5:48:21 AM PDT
by
Mo1
("Stupidity is also a gift from God, but it should not be abused." Pope John Paul II)
To: speedy
the White House could do worse than hiring Hitchens as a consultant, especially in the PR department.
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:17:13 AM PDT
by
finnman69
(cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
To: lentulusgracchus
Yes. He's gone, but the odor lingers.
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:28:21 AM PDT
by
speedy
To: finnman69
the White House could do worse than hiring Hitchens as a consultant, especially in the PR department.If only. How much fun would that be?
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:29:18 AM PDT
by
speedy
To: lentulusgracchus
Raking cat litter over his stink "Clinton"
True, the stench in the air from Clinton and to be left with Hillterbeast there isn't enough cat litter to cover her mess.
I would also like to include in this group, Jimma Carter. It will be decades for his stench to dissipate.
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:38:23 AM PDT
by
buck61
To: speedy
"I'm glad that Hitchens is staying on Liar Wilson's case. Good article."
Me too. Hitchens will be thorough and relentless, exactly what is needed on this story.
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:46:28 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: SJackson
Wilson saw the opportunity for fame and fortune that lying about the Bush admin would bring him. And he was right. Although now even some prominent libs are catching on to what a scoundrel he is, he is still regarded as a font of truth and an heroic "whistleblower" by most of the leftist media nitwits.
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posted on
04/19/2006 6:57:32 AM PDT
by
driftless
( For life-long happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
To: driftless
The DUmmies actually think Joe Wilson is handsome! Pretty low standards.
To: OXENinFLA; potlatch; ntnychik; PhilDragoo; devolve; bitt; La Enchiladita; JustPiper; kstewskis; ...
Joe Wilson is a tough political competitor. You have to respect him for that. As a foreign policy advisor to John Kerry, Wilson had a good chance of becoming Kerry's Secretary of State or some Deputy something-or-other of State. It's amazing how -- no matter how many times Wilson's pudgy pink face is in Vanity Fair -- no one acknowledges his political interests in discrediting the Bush Administration. But, that's a different issue.
Joe Wilson is also a liar. Under the cover of his wife's CIA assignment, Wilson was able to write one investigative report for the Agency -- which was secret -- and one for the op-ed page of the NYT - which was not so much so.
And never the twain shall meet...
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posted on
04/19/2006 9:50:46 AM PDT
by
Smartass
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
To: Smartass
NBC couldn't wait to dredge up Plame-gate tonight, as part of the "Scott McLellan Quits" story. By the way, on the latter, Yippeeeeee!
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posted on
04/19/2006 10:20:40 PM PDT
by
ntnychik
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