Online Chat With Joseph C. Wilson (April 2003)

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[goliath]

The battle for Baghdad got underway Wednesday as U.S. troops advanced on the southern suburbs of the city both on the ground and in the air, breaking up Saddam Hussein's Republican Guard, his best-trained and best-equipped troops. Combined with significant maneuvers by the 3rd Infantry Division in Karbala against the Iraqi Medina Division, the moves are a prelude to a takeover of the capital and the government of Saddam Hussein.

Joseph C. Wilson was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad from 1988 to 1991. During "Desert Shield" he was acting ambassador and was responsbile for the freeing of several hundred American hostages. He was the last official American to meet with Saddam Hussein before "Desert Storm."

Wilson was online Thursday, April 3 at 11 a.m. ET, to discuss the consequences of a conquest of Iraq and what it would mean to the broader regional and global interests of the U.S.

A transcript follows.

[goliath]

While doing a little research on Joe Wilson, I came across this online chat done back in April, which I found interesting.

[NativeNewYorker]

Patriotism too quickly gives way to jingoism. As for me, I still favor my Hermes ties and camembert!

[smith288]

Nice find...sounds like a Wesley Clark type of thing.

[isthisnickcool]

Pretty "self-involved" isn't he? See the video here to see one of the "meetings" they had to setup all this.

[goliath]

LOL! What a maroon he is.

[goliath]

Thanks, will watch later. Here's betting the Freepers, not the white house, will utlimately bring this guy down.

[NativeNewYorker]

...and later on, he notes that his son just passed the foreign service test. So this Francophile piece of merde with his personal CIA mole is expanding his little war on American national interest into the next class of shiny pants pinstripers.